CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council Monday postponed a decision on a Business-A zoning overhaul and further deferred discussion on installing a traffic signal at the town center intersection. A public hearing on the BA overhaul, which includes the rezoning of 553 Shore Road into the business zone, nearly filled the Town Council chambers with […]
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Safe at home
An osprey that nests on top of the center field lights at Morse High School took a lap around the ball fields and returned home to roost under clear skies last week. (Roger S. Duncan photo)
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Skowhegan man to be arraigned Monday for South Portland shooting death
SOUTH PORTLAND — A 50-year-old Skowhegan man accused of killing a South Portland man is free on bail after turning himself in to authorities on Tuesday. Malcolm “Bruce” LaVallee-Davidson is scheduled to be arraigned on a manslaughter charge in Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland on Monday, according to Assistant Attorney General William Stokes. Stokes […]
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Scarborough students' fundraiser to benefit Preble Street Resource Center
SCARBOROUGH — Empty bowls can mean full plates for many who would otherwise go hungry. The Empty Bowls Project, out of North Carolina, is a national effort to combat hunger by encouraging participants to create ceramic bowls and sell them along with a simple meal of soup and bread. All proceeds are then donated to […]
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Scarborough gathering set to encourage small businesses
SCARBOROUGH — By maintaining strong connections with each other, sharing strategies and working collaboratively to combat the effects of a poor economy, small businesses can increase their chances for success and growth during hard times. That’s the message organizer Karen D’Andrea hopes businesses will take away from the first Scarborough Small Business Town Hall Meeting […]
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RSU 5 delays budget vote, wants to put brakes on reorganization; state won't allow it
FREEPORT — Some members of the Regional School Unit 5 Board of Trustees want to press the state for a timeout in the consolidation of Freeport, Pownal and Durham schools. But Superintendent Shannon Welsh and other board members disagree. They say the legal implications would be devastating to the three towns. Nonetheless, the board on […]
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South Portland may dim street lights to balance budget
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council is considering a proposal to turn off more than 100 street lights to generate savings needed to balance next year’s budget. The city estimates it could save nearly $20,000 a year, or $1,600 a month, by turning off 112 street lights along some of the city’s major arteries, including […]
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South Portland City Council openly reviews policy, manager
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday held a spirited and public discussion about the city manager’s job performance and, to some extent, the city’s personnel policy. Councilors generally described the city’s personnel policy as a flawed document, and City Manager Jim Gailey said he has been working behind the scenes with the human […]
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South Portland board refuses to recommend zone change to council
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Planning Board on Tuesday rejected a zone change that would have allowed 59 units of age-restricted housing to be built in a wooded area southeast of Wilkinson Woods. The unanimous board vote, however, is only a recommendation to the City Council, which is expected to take up the request in the […]
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Lawmakers reject Harpswell border claim
AUGUSTA — A bill that would redraw a portion of the Harpswell’s boundary with Brunswick suffered a major setback Wednesday when the Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee voted 10-3 against the measure. The bill had been advanced by a Harpswell group known as the Carrying Place Assembly, which contends that a 1998 agreement between […]