PORTLAND — When governors and transportation officials from 23 states traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to discuss high-speed rail development with Obama Administration officials, Mainers were conspicuously absent. At stake, ostensibly, was a share of the $13 billion the administration is planning to distribute for redevelopment of the country’s passenger rail system. The June […]
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GrowSmart Maine faces financial crisis
YARMOUTH — If GrowSmart Maine fails to raise $60,000 in the next few weeks, the future of the grassroots organization that sponsored the 2006 Brookings Institution report, “Charting Maine’s Future,” will be in jeopardy. For about five years, the non-profit based out of the Sparkhawk Mill building in Yarmouth village has been working to meld […]
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Reward renewed for killers of Portland hospital guard
PORTLAND — Police say somebody knows what happened last September when Mercy Hospital security guard James Angelo was shot in the back and killed while patrolling a staff parking lot. “We certainly do know that someone in the community has intimate knowledge,” Police Chief James Craig said at a June 4 press conference announcing the […]
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Binga's Wingas reopens in Yarmouth; new venture planned in Portland
YARMOUTH — Six months after a fire destroyed the popular business on Congress Street in Portland, Binga’s Wingas has reopened in Yarmouth and served 600 diners on its first day. Below the restaurant at 907 Route 1, employees have the space to create and bottle sauces for retail. And, by August, owner Alec Altman said […]
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Special patrol
The Law Enforcement Torch Relay to benefit the Special Olympics passed through Scarborough on Wednesday. Police Chief Robert Moulton, left, led a team from his department up Route 1 before handing it over to the South Portland Police Department. With the chief are Garrett Strout, Kim Sperlich, Melissa Savage and David Grover. (Rich Obrey photo)
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Regional School Unit 5 board strips $49K from budget
FREEPORT — Regional School Unit 5 directors approved a $23.5 million budget for fiscal year 2010 Wednesday night. Members of the Freeport-Pownal-Durham School Board evaluated and voted on each of the 11 warrant articles and reduced the budget by an additional $49,000. A $30,000 proposal for an athletic trainer was cut, and a $19,000 correction […]
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Scarborough land swap talks draw ire of Pine Point residents
SCARBOROUGH — Some residents are accusing the town manager of exceeding his authority by conducting inappropriate private meetings with owners of the Lighthouse Motel about a proposed Pine Point land swap. During public comments at Wednesday’s Town Council meeting, Harold Hutchinson read from a letter on behalf of the Pine Point Residents Association. “Town Manager […]
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Crews quickly clean up Fore River asphalt spill
SOUTH PORTLAND — Crews on Wednesday night finished cleaning up 670 gallons of liquid asphalt that spilled into the Fore River on Tuesday. The spill was reported to the U.S. Coast Guard around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Clean Harbors finished cleaning up the spill the following night. USCG Operations Specialist Wesley Williams said the spill occurred […]
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South Portland voters to consider $39.5M budget, $5.8M bond for schools
SOUTH PORTLAND — On June 9, residents will be asked to vote on a $39.5 million school budget and a $5.8 million bond for repairs to the high school and two middle schools. The fiscal 2010 budget referendum is a relatively new state requirement, instituted in 2007 to increase transparency and community involvement in school […]
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South Portland Armory envisioned as 1-stop shop for film industry
SOUTH PORTLAND — A local movie-industry technician is hoping to shoot up to three films at the former National Guard Armory on Broadway at the foot of the Casco Bay Bridge. Before that can happen, however, the city will have to provide conditional zoning and go against the recommendations of a committee that studied reuse […]