Did inexperience lead to a costly 1996 billing error at Shipyard? Five other breweries were already operating in Portland.
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Breweries likely unfamiliar to city employee
The worker who allowed Shipyard to avoid hefty sewer fees may not have known how breweries work.
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Mistake in Shipyard’s sewer bill costs city money
Maine’s largest brewery, the Shipyard Brewing Co., has been billed for only a fraction of its sewer usage since 1996, an apparent oversight that has cost the city of Portland hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
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Sprague pulls plug on controversial Scarborough project
The Sprague Corporation says planning and development costs have made the Black Point Beach project financially unfeasible.
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Proposal envisions transformed Forest Avenue
Planners, business owners and residents say they can ease traffic with bike lanes, ornamental streetlights and bus stops.
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State cuts would hit Portland extra hard
Leaders and businesses say they would hurt the region’s economy and shift costs onto taxpayers.
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Maine occupiers: Encampment is our symbol
As the city argues to evict them, protesters ask a judge to let them remain in Lincoln Park.
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Occupiers to judge: Park ‘is a symbol of our movement’
Occupy Maine presents oral arguments and testimony seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the group’s removal from Lincoln Park.
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Portland’s mayor leads restructuring of council work
Michael Brennan combines committees, and he and councilors work together on setting priorities.
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City to host meeting on future of Capisic Park
City staff and consultants will share results of a pond sediment analysis conducted last fall and will present some management options.