BATH — The Bath Farmers Market has opened an online platform that allows customers to place orders for pick-up. The market is still operating at the Bath Freight Shed at 27 Commercial St., but on Dec. 12 the market launched an online store which may be accessed from the market’s website, bathfarmersmarket.com. According to a […]
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SoPo pot ordinance changes inch forward
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city council hasn’t finished revising the city’s ordinance on marijuana-related businesses, but one councilor thinks proposed changes will address the growing number of applicants seeking licenses. Changes include a provision that marijuana businesses must be 1,000 feet away from all so-called sensitive use locations, adding to the current 300-foot distance from […]
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Morse High School discussion group to focus on racism
A program that began in 2019 to discuss a wide range of social issues has re-focused on racism for the 2020-2021 school year.
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Popular park pandemic project
One Cape Elizabeth resident has put the pandemic’s isolation to good use, creating a new scale model that captures a bygone era of Fort Williams.
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South Portland athletic director wins national award
SOUTH PORTLAND — For Todd Livingston, athletics have always been a major part of his life, so much so that sports motivated him to stay in school, even in college. “If it weren’t for sports I’m not so sure I would have made it,” Livingston said. But he did make it and now, in his […]
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Scarborough buys historic Masonic lodge building for $398,000
The Town Council voted to buy and renovate the Masonic lodge building at 649 Route 1 for $398,000.
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Cape’s Maxwell Farm completes conservation deal
The 76-acre property is now preserved as working farmland in perpetuity, thanks to an easement paid for by the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and the Maine Farmland Trust.
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Mid Coast Hospital gets new federal funds for drug education
Over the next five years, the money will pay for new campaigns about the dangers of marijuana use among teens and kids.
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SoPo city offices to close for two weeks
SOUTH PORTLAND — City officials have closed all South Portland municipal facilities for two weeks, effective Saturday, Dec. 26, according to a release. The offices will remain closed through at least Sunday, Jan. 10. “This decision was made out of an abundance of caution due to the anticipated second spike in COVID-19 cases arising from […]
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SoPo buys ‘piggery’ property for conservation
The city is putting up $1.5 million with the understanding that it will get nearly $1 million back from a developer next year.