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Maine beekeeper:Local ordinance stings

SOUTH PORTLAND — The bees dart around Phil Gaven’s arms and behind his neck, hundreds of them buzzing into the hives and then out toward the green meadow of tall grass and wildflowers.

He never flinches.

Gaven, a hobbyist beekeeper for the past three years, knows that the honeybees are far more interested in gathering water and pollen than they are in stinging him, unless he provokes them or threatens the two hives he erected on a friend’s property near Willard Square.

“Hopefully they’ll fill this within a couple of weeks,” Gaven said, putting his hand on the top of one of the hives. The first honey harvest is running a few weeks late this year.

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Jetport officials to give public talk

SOUTH PORTLAND — The public is invited to a presentation at City Hall on Wednesday night by three key staffers from the Portland International Jetport. Jetport director Paul Bradbury, security manager Jennifer Dunfee and operations manager Brad Wallace are scheduled to appear in council chambers at City Hall from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Councilor Alan […]