FALMOUTH — Residents of the Blackstone Apartments off Depot Road expressed concerns to the Planning Board Tuesday night over a plan to expand parking for a project that would double the number of units in the project. Portland-based Avesta Housing, which manages Blackstone, wants to expand and renovate the housing for seniors. There are 20 […]
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Freeport finds fire chief who is ‘an ideal fit’
FREEPORT — A longtime firefighter who led the Rockland Fire Department for more than a decade has been chosen to head Freeport’s department. Charles Jordan, 55, was nominated for the position by Town Manager Peter Joseph and approved by the Town Council on Tuesday night. He starts Aug. 1, and will earn $84,200 annually. Former Fire […]
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Builders of colonial ship to open updated Bath visitors center
BATH — Working hard the past few years to rebuild the Virginia – a small ship built at the ill-fated Popham Colony nearly 410 years ago – the Maine’s First Ship group has revamped its visitor center to bring more attention to the project, and possibly help with fundraising, too. The completed center opens at the Virginia’s […]
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Topsham almost ready to roll out next phase of bike path
TOPSHAM — The second phase of a bicycle and pedestrian path that has been years in planning could finally be built this fall. The town expectes to seek bids on the project soon, Planning Director Rod Melanson said in an interview June 29, shortly after he met with officials from the Maine Department of Transportation. […]
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Brownfields color Portland's East Bayside rebirth
PORTLAND — A one-hour bus ride around East Bayside last week showed how the neighborhood is redeveloping, and how much of it is hampered by contamination from an industrial past. “We are following the risk-takers into the neighborhood,” Caroline Paras, community and economic planner at Greater Portland Council of Governments, said during the June 30 tour. […]
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Browntail moth caterpillars like what Brunswick offers
BRUNSWICK — They strip trees of their leaves, and their hair, floating on the summer breeze, can strip some people of their sanity. They are browntail moth caterpillars, and there are a lot of them in Brunswick this year. The invasive insect is covered with little hairs that get blown off in the wind, especially when […]
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Another layer added to Portland school bond decision
PORTLAND — A $70.6 million bond proposal for renovations to city elementary schools goes to the City Council on Wednesday, July 6. But the 5 p.m. discussion will be limited to creation of an ad hoc committee to review the School Board’s proposal. The bond and any revisions may eventually be referred back to the […]
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Ethics panel clears Portland rep, but may limit practice
PORTLAND — A campaign ethics complaint against state Rep. Ben Chipman, D-Portland, will not move forward. But the method Chipman used to pay for invitations to receptions supporting his recent primary campaign in state Senate District 27, which led to the complaint by a volunteer for an opposing candidate, is likely to be prohibited in the […]
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Summer repairs underway, meal program expands at Portland schools
PORTLAND — School may be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean the work stops. In addition to infrastructure improvements, the School Department also plans to serve more meals to students this summer by ramping up an annual distribution program. The department has several facilities projects planned, either as part of the annual capital […]
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‘Bearing witness’: Brunswick woman dedicates herself to peace
BRUNSWICK — Christine DeTroy says she could sense that the world around her was wrong as she grew up in Nazi Germany. Even in the progressive artist’s colony where she lived in Worpswede, just outside the city of Bremen, “you learned to keep your mouth shut,” DeTroy, 87, said in an interview June 30. “Because it […]