PORTLAND — The City Council Housing Committee will take the rest of the month off, but promised to return in August with targeted agendas to deal with the housing crunch. The decision not to meet again this mongh came at the end of the July 13 meeting, where committee members finished discussing a list of possible […]
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‘Essence of community’ on display at Yarmouth Clam Festival
YARMOUTH — Jeanne St. Cyr looked unfazed by the rain as she stepped off the free shuttle to Main Street on Sunday, the final day of the 51st annual Yarmouth Clam Festival. A resident of Yarmouth for more than two decades, St. Cyr and a friend were making their annual trip to buy books at the […]
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Portland rally for Black Lives Matter leads to 18 arrests
PORTLAND — A leader of the July 15 Black Lives Matter protest that led to 18 arrests on Commercial Street declined this week to discuss the demonstration, the group’s demands, or Police Chief Michael Sauschuck’s assertion that she and other protesters wanted to be arrested. “I don’t have time to talk about that,” Idman Abdul, of […]
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South Portland Junior Police Academy bonds kids, cops
SOUTH PORTLAND — Nearly 30 middle school-aged campers, GPS trackers in hand, walked the perimeter of the Wainwright Sports Complex Tuesday afternoon to simulate what it would be like to rescue a lost hiker in the northern Maine woods. Jack Kardis, 13, held his device in front of him and took a few steps. “I think it’s […]
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Scarborough teenager pleads guilty to January shooting
SCARBOROUGH — An Ocean Avenue teenager pleaded guilty Thursday to a combination of juvenile and adult charges stemming from a Jan. 18 shooting on Ash Swamp Road. The plea agreement reached with Matthew Gwyer in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Docket in Portland was announced by District Attorney Stephanie Anderson. Gwyer’s juvenile convictions are for elevated aggravated assault, burglary […]
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South Portland eyes Ferry Village pier for fish farming
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Portland Street Pier in Ferry Village could become home to the city’s first aquaculture operation. City councilors in a workshop Monday night discussed the advantages and potential an aquaculture processing plant could bring not only to the city, but to the region. Because aquaculture in Maine is a burgeoning business, bringing this […]
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Scarborough affordable housing proposal gets more friendly to families
SCARBOROUGH — Plans to convert the historic Southgate Farmhouse into an affordable housing project have been reconfigured to include more multi-family units. The change is an attempt to qualify for state tax credits necessary for the project’s completion. Last May, Portland-based Avesta Housing submitted a proposal to convert the early 19th-century farmhouse and two adjacent barns […]
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Brunswick School Board adopts new strategic plan
BRUNSWICK — The School Board unanimously adopted a new strategic plan, following years of deliberations in a sometimes convoluted process. The 20-page document, presented publicly for the first time Wednesday, serves as the “true north” guiding the district, according to Assistant Superintendent Pender Makin. The plan essentially lays out values and goals, Makin said. Now, system staff […]
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Navy: First tests show Brunswick wells not contaminated
BRUNSWICK — The U.S. Navy, which is testing private wells around the former Brunswick Naval Air Station for possible chemical contamination, says the first wells tested are within federal health guidelines. Officials are trying to determine whether perfluorinated compounds, a type of chemical found in elevated levels on the former base, have migrated through groundwater. PFCs […]
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Waldorf school plans new Freeport high school
FREEPORT — The Maine Coast Waldorf School plans to build a new high school near its elementary school on Desert Road. The project, at 57 Desert Road, was scheduled to go before the Project Review Board on Wednesday. The board conducted a site walk on July 6. Maine Coast Waldorf School, which changed its name last […]