PORTLAND — After three days of underwater searches, authorities on June 17 suspended efforts to find a missing Scarborough man in Portland harbor. City Police Lt. James Sweatt announced multi-department search operations for Matthew Foster, 23, had ceased. “While it is possible that Matthew is in the harbor, we are confident that the area of highest […]
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Draft zoning rewrite 'finally' integrates Brunswick Landing
BRUNSWICK — After more than two years, 100 work sessions, and many public hearings, the Planning Board has a draft of a new zoning ordinance. The process of overhauling the zoning ordinance began in 2013, following direction from the town’s 2008 Comprehensive Plan. It was supposed to take a year to review and ratify. But the […]
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Shaw's reinstates food donations after Brunswick publicity
BRUNSWICK — The abrupt end of food donations from a local supermarket to the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program last December turned out to be what the program director now calls “a crazy blessing in disguise.” The Shaw’s supermarket chain announced June 9 that it would reinstate its policy of donating perishable food near its sell-by date […]
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Brunswick public art makes anyone a maestro
Gia Comolli of Topsham plays her original composition, “Brooklyn Blues,” outside Cool As A Moose in Brunswick Friday, June 10. The piano was donated by Patricia Porell of the Brunswick Downtown Association, and painted by Artforms and Cool As A Moose employees as a public art project.
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Freeport: State funding limits I-295 landscape fix
FREEPORT — The Maine Department of Transportation has offered $20,000 – less than the town hoped to receive – for fencing and landscaping to offset the effects of a tree removal project last year along Interstate 295. While the funds should be sufficient enough to cover the cost of materials, there isn’t enough money to pay for labor. […]
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Trash talk dominates Portland City Council workshop
PORTLAND — Solid waste collection in the city could become more automated, or even privatized, in about a year. A plan from City Manager Jon Jennings, Sustainability Coordinator Troy Moon, and Assistant to the City Manager Mike Murray was praised in a council workshop Monday as a good way to reduce the amount of recycled […]
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Lane changes on Washington Avenue in Portland take a detour
PORTLAND — A plan to add bicycle lanes to a portion of Washington Avenue was temporarily halted June 6, but could move forward Monday, June 20. “I’m going to ask to basically keep it as it is until we come up with a more thorough plan,” City Councilor Justin Costa said June 9, after successfully getting […]
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Portland city councilor ready to amend tenant eviction rules
PORTLAND — City Councilor Spencer Thibodeau on Monday said he wants to strike a balance between the competing interests of tenants and landlords. “I’m working on a proposal I call ‘leeway,’” Thibodeau said. “It is a hybrid affecting at-will tenants.” Thibodeau, a member of the City Council Housing Committee, is proposing that landlords be required to […]
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Grads stir memories, raise aspirations at Topsham elementary school
TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat High School senior class took a walk down memory lane June 10, visiting their old elementary schools and greeted by throngs of young students. Two days before graduation, members of the Class of 2016 met at several School Administrative District 75 schools, including Williams-Cone in Topsham. As they queued in […]
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‘We can only stand together’: Portland vigil for Orlando massacre draws hundreds
PORTLAND — Vowing not to be silenced or to let fear rule their lives, an estimated 400 people gathered Monday night outside City Hall for a vigil to remember the June 12 shooting victims at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. “We cannot turn back the clock; we can only stand together,” Woodfords Congregational Church Pastor Carolyn […]