SOUTH PORTLAND — After filing a lawsuit in federal court, nine former employees of the Super Great Wall Buffet staged a protest Tuesday afternoon in front of their former workplace in the Mallside shopping center on Maine Mall Road. The former employees were joined by members of several local and regional labor groups, including the […]
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South Portland advisory group shuffles federal grants, suggests $50K loan to E Street developers
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Community Development Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend reallocating nearly $200,000 in federal Community Block Development Grant funds. The CDAC is a group of resident volunteers that makes recommendations to the City Council, which will take up the recommendations in the coming weeks. The reallocations come from previous projects that either […]
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City, residents hope to bridge impasse over Ferry Village park in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — City officials are looking to create a park in Ferry Village in an effort to end a standoff with residents over the fate of an existing asphalt park at the corner of High and Sawyer streets. Assistant City Manager Erik Carson said he is exploring the possibility of creating a new park […]
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Bath council approves Comprehensive Plan update
BATH — The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday evening in favor of an update to the city’s Comprehensive Plan that has been four years in the making. The council approved the plan with one amendment: that the city will continue its policy of not extending city-subsidized public water and sewer across Whiskeag Creek into rural north […]
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Public examines transportation issues facing Brunswick base redevelopment
BRUNSWICK — About 40 area residents gathered at Brunswick Junior High School Wednesday to submit their solutions to transportation issues surrounding the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station. The solutions offered were numerous, as were the issues, including the most significant one only a few discussed: cost. The workshop was hosted by the Maine Department […]
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Manager's contract, train station management on tap for Brunswick council
BRUNSWICK — After spending most of August in executive session to discuss the hiring of a new chief executive, the Town Council on Sept. 8 is expected to finalize a permanent employment contract with acting Town Manager Gary Brown. The ratification of Brown’s contract comes after a hiring process that turned tumultuous following an Aug. […]
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Brunswick base redevelopers get $200K to study renewable energy center
BRUNSWICK — The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded a $200,000 grant to the Brunswick Naval Air Station redevelopment agency to help fund a feasibility study for a renewable energy park. The energy park has been discussed by the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority and included in the base’s master reuse plan. Steve Levesque, MRRA’s executive director, […]
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Brunswick legislator's opinion column shares lobbying-group roots
BRUNSWICK — A national lobbying group is the source of similar passages in a pair of opinion pieces about national security and energy production written by two different authors, one in Maine and the other Florida, though neither cited the source. An anonymous e-mail provided links to both columns to the Lewiston Sun Journal. Maine […]
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Derr won't seek re-election to Topsham Board of Selectmen
TOPSHAM — Michelle Derr, whose first three-year term on the Board of Selectmen expires this year, said on Tuesday that she will not seek re-election. “It has been a genuine privilege to work for Topsham’s taxpayers and neighborhoods, and that has been my goal for the entire three years,” Derr said. “But three years is also […]
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Bath native to bike 400 miles for cancer fundraiser
BATH — As he bicycles this weekend from Dover-Foxcroft to Kittery, Jonathan Kelley will be thinking about the father he lost to cancer five years ago, and about his uncle, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in July. Kelley and four friends are cycling the more than 400-mile trip in the name of Spokes for Hope, […]