PORTLAND — The newly elected Cumberland County Charter Commission will meet on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 4 p.m. in the Peter J. Feeney Conference Room in the Cumberland County Court House. The commission will hear a presentation from Knox County Commissioner Anne Beebe-Center about the challenges and opportunities of drafting a countywide charter. The public […]
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p-BRBlegislators-123108 Legislators receive committee assignments
PORTLAND — State Rep. Jon Hinck, D-Portland, was appointed chairman of the House Utilities and Energy Committee for the 124th Legislature. Hinck also served on the committee in the previous Legislature. Other House members from Portland who received committee assignments are Rep. Diane Russell, who will serve on the Legal and Veteran’s Affair Committee; Rep. […]
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p-superintendent-123108 Panel narrows school superintendent choices to 3 Candidates to visit Portland in January
PORTLAND — Three candidates competing to be the next superintendent of schools will visit the city for two days in January for a second round of interviews and to explore the community. School Committee member Sarah Thompson, who is leading the search panel, said the visits will allow the School Department to sell itself to […]
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pnms-BRFboatsafety-123108 Coast Guard offers boating classes at SMCC
SOUTH PORTLAND — Although boating may be the farthest thing from people’s minds during the winter, the U.S. Coast Guard is encouraging novice and expert boaters alike to participate in one of three boating courses at Southern Maine Community College. The Casco Bay Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, based in South Portland, will […]
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pnms-itnportland-123108 Transportation alternative ITN helps those who have outlived the car culture
PORTLAND — As Didi Stockly pushes Harriet Tibbals’ shopping cart full of groceries to Stockly’s brown Toyota Prius, she asks the older woman about her day. In the car, the two chat easily, like old friends. After Stockly carries the grocery bags to Tibbals’ front door, Tibbals bids Stockly a fond goodbye. “I’ll tell ya,” […]
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pn-sebagoseatrail-123108 Sebago-to-sea trail gets federal help
A project that aims to build a continuous trail connecting the Casco Bay to Sebago Lake is one of only 12 projects in New England, New York and New Jersey that will receive assistance from the National Park Service next year. The Sebago to the Sea project is being spearheaded by the Presumpscot Regional Land […]
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pnms-snowtires-123108 S'no tires to be found Short supply leaves drivers with few winter options
FALMOUTH — For drivers who need snow tires, reality is settling in like a cold, Canadian air mass. Thanks in part to a new law requiring all drivers in Quebec province to have snow tires on their vehicles from Dec. 15 through March 15, manufacturers and suppliers have sent more than a million tires to […]
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s-spboosters-122608 Bingo! Boosters' lose corner on profitable Saturday-night game
SOUTH PORTLAND — For the last 25 years, the South Portland Music Boosters have held a monopoly on Saturday night bingo. But that will change next year when Saturday night bingo will be taken over by the Maine Boosters Association, a group founded three years ago by Gary Lamson, whose family owns the bingo hall […]
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Trailblazer
Rusty Johanson fights a rough patch of dirt and rock as he snowblows a trail behind his home in Bath on Monday evening, across a field near where his mother lives. The city received more than 18 inches of snow in Sunday’s storm.
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Bath Road house fire not suspicious
BRUNSWICK – A fire that occurred Saturday night rendered a single-family home at 418 Old Bath Road uninhabitable, although the house can be repaired, Fire Chief Clark Labbe said Monday. No one was hurt in the fire, which was reported around 10:30 p.m. Labbe said the fire is not considered suspicious. He said there were […]