CUMBERLAND – A 20-unit housing complex will return to the Planning Board next month for site plan review. The development, proposed for the Allen Farm Country Store property on U.S. Route 100 (Gray Road), would have five, four-unit multiplexes. The two-bedroom, energy-efficient units would sit back from the road and border Tammy Lane, a private […]
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South Portland tax hike shrinks; marina gets new lease, new restaurant
SOUTH PORTLAND — After more than a year of negotiations, the City Council Wednesday night unanimously approved a new market-rate lease for Port Harbor Marine, which operates Spring Point Marina. The July 6 council meeting and public hearing was also one of City Manager Jim Gailey’s last meetings before he leaves the job July 22, […]
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South Portland armory walls come tumbling down
South Portland resident Mo Black salvages a piece of the hardwood floor removed from the historic former Maine National Guard Armory on Broadway on Wednesday, July 6. Black, who graduated from South Portland High School in 1966, recalled attending school dances inside the part of the building that has been gutted to create a gas […]
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Knightville brewpub raises the bar in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Patrons can choose from six types of beer at the new Foulmouthed Brewing and Soap Bar restaurant – the first brewpub in the city. Foulmouthed, founded by Portland residents Julia and Craig Dilger, sits at the corner of A and Ocean streets in Knightville, a block from Thomas Knight Park. The two-part operation offers tours […]
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Bath council OKs High Street crosswalk for forest access
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved building a crosswalk on High Street to provide safer pedestrian access to the Lilly Pond Community Forest Trail head. City staff and the city’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee advocated for the crosswalk, according to a council resolution. “The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust has done a great […]
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Panel proposes new rules for Cape Elizabeth committees
CAPE ELIZABETH — A Town Council committee is recommending a complete rewrite of the ordinance that governs the town’s boards and committees. The purpose of the rewrite is to organize the ordinance and clarify the purpose of each committee. The Town Council will hold a public hearing on the changes July 11. Councilor Jessica Sullivan, a […]
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Veteran of 2 wars turns 100 in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH —A veteran of both World War II and the Korean War celebrated his 100th birthday Tuesday. Thomas Ewing, who has been a resident of the Maine Veterans’ Home for a little more than a year, was lauded for his military service at a centennial celebration attended by town officials and elected representatives, including U.S. Sen. […]
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South Portland, Scarborough police assist in state's largest heroin bust
SOUTH PORTLAND — A Connecticut man is being held on $250,000 cash bail after his arrest in what police said is the biggest seizure of heroin in the state’s history. James Jamison, 33, of Waterbury, Connecticut, was arrested Friday, July 1, by members of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Aroostook County Task Force, along with members […]
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Cape Elizabeth starts the countdown to the TD Beach to Beacon 10K
Exactly one month before the 19th annual TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race, Cape Elizabeth Public Works Department employees Josh Dennison, left, and Harold Young placed mile markers Wednesday for the Aug. 6 race. The race begins on Route 77 near the entrance to Crescent Beach State Park and ends at Fort Williams Park. […]
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Falmouth Route 1 construction: Like deja vu all over again, only worse
FALMOUTH — Drivers on U.S. Route 1 probably feel like they’ve been through this before. Two separate projects along the highway are expected to take about two months to complete, requiring one-way alternating traffic during work hours that many believe is creating backups worse than those during the previous two years of reconstruction in the Route […]