The North Yarmouth Select Board appointed Vanessa Bryant to a one-year seat on the SAD 51 Board of Directors June 15 to fill a vacancy created when Michael Simmons resigned this spring. Bryant narrowly lost a bid for a three-year seat on the SAD 51 board to Thomas McGuinness on June 8 by a vote […]
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Portland council approves land swap with state
The Portland City Council unanimously approved a land swap with the state Monday. In the deal between the city and the Maine Department of Transportation, the city will receive a defunct railroad track between Deering Oaks and St. John Street, a 10-acre parcel on County Way and the parking lot next to Miss Portland Diner. […]
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Wild Seed Project introduces 1,000 Native Trees Campaign
Wild Seed Project has launched its 1,000 Native Trees Campaign to inspire Mainers to plant 1,000 native trees by the spring of 2022 in support of its recently launched Pledge to Rewild program. The new campaign honors founder Heather McCargo and “promotes positive environmental change by planting native trees around homes and businesses, in parks […]
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Section of Portland’s Baxter Boulevard to close for three months
Baxter Boulevard in Portland will be closed to traffic from Payson Park to Vannah Avenue for the next three months beginning June 24. The Back Cove Trail alongside the boulevard will remain open, however. The closure is necessary for the city to complete work on the Back Cove West Storage Conduit project, which will prevent […]
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Petition to mandate smaller shelters in Portland heads to November ballot
Smaller Shelters Portland, a group that wants to limit the size of new homeless service s centers in the city, has received enough signatures on its petitions to put the land ordinance change before voters in November. The group is pushing for new shelters to be open 24 hours a day and be capped at […]
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Feedback sought on Cumberland County hazard mitigation plan
The Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency has scheduled a meeting via Zoom on June 22 to get public feedback on the draft of its 2022 Cumberland County Hazard Mitigation Plan. The purpose of the five-year plan is to have each municipality review its priorities to reduce the severity or seriousness of hazards and to identify […]
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Habitat for Humanity repair program resumes interior work
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland is set to resume interior jobs as part of its Critical Home Repair program. The program that partners with low-income Maine homeowners whose homes require safety and structural repairs has been working on outdoor repairs only for over one year because of the pandemic. With the staff now fully […]
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Peaks Island survey seeks residents’ priorities for PIC
The Priority Setting Committee of the Peaks Island Council is conducting a survey to gauge the priorities that islanders feel should be addressed by the island council over the next two to four years. The survey, which can be found at https://bit.ly/2TXu0Cx closes June 26. All responses will remain anonymous. Each resident can only fill […]
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Maine Medical Partners now open for specialty care in Scarborough
Maine Medical Partners, a department of Maine Medical Center and part of the MaineHealth system, has opened a new 108,000-square-foot medical office building in Scarborough. The building, located at 92 Campus Drive, will offer specialty care, including neurology, neurosurgery, rehabilitative medicine, otolaryngology and vascular surgery practices. The building is already seeing otolaryngology and vascular surgery […]
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Portland resident chosen for Democratic Party leadership position
Gaetan Davis of Portland has been chosen as the new executive director of the Maine Democratic Party. Davis, a Maine native, will replace Lisa Roberts, who has been executive director since 2019. “The party has dynamic leaders, tremendous staff, and dedicated volunteers in communities across Maine. We could not be better positioned to continue delivering […]