FREEPORT — The Corsican Cafe and Chowder House will be torn down and rebuilt. The downtown restaurant at 9 Mechanic St. was destroyed by fire just after 3 a.m. April 27. Owner Robin Wade said it will take a year to rebuild. “It was a complete loss,” she said. According to Fire Chief Darrel Fournier, the state […]
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Falmouth Kitchen Tour on the menu
This home kitchen off Foreside Road in Cumberland is one of more than half a dozen that will be available to view during the sixth annual Falmouth Kitchen Tour. The self-guided tour on May 6 and 7 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. costs $25 in advance and $30 on the day of the event. A portion […]
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Master plan for Portland Elks property heads to Planning Board
PORTLAND — Neighbors and developers of 1945 Congress St. will meet again Thursday, days before the master development plan is presented at a Planning Board workshop. On Monday, Josh Benthien, a principal of Northland Enterprises, expressed optimism the master plan to construct two office buildings on the site of Elks Lodge No. 188 will pass muster […]
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Bond questions eyed for Portland elementary school improvements
PORTLAND — Last month, voters overwhelmingly backed replacing the Fred P. Hall Elementary School at a cost of nearly $30 million. But Hall is just one piece of a larger facilities puzzle included in a School Department study titled “Buildings For Our Future,” created by Oak Point Associate in 2013. The study looked at the […]
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‘Witches’ brew in Portland: Maine native brings Hollywood home
PORTLAND — It was a dark and stormy night Monday at the Miss Portland Diner. Rain pounded the windows and people huddled inside the Marginal Way restaurant. The perfect setup for a scary movie. Which was fine with those huddled in the diner, since they were all there to film a scary movie. Maine native […]
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Long-sought Peaks Island library expansion coming to fruition in Portland
PORTLAND — It is an enduring piece of an island community, the people who value it, and the city that found a way to support it. “This is the island’s living room,” Portland Public Library Executive Director Sarah Campbell said April 29 about the Peaks Island branch and its adjacent recreation center. The “living room” is […]
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Election 2016: Incumbent Topsham state Sen. Baker faces challenge in District 23 GOP primary
TOPSHAM — State Sen. Linda Baker, R-Topsham, must fend off a challenge in June’s primary election from fellow Republican Guy Lebida of Bowdoin. The winner in November will face former Sen. Eloise Vitelli of Arrowsic, the Democrat unseated by Baker two years ago. Baker is running for a second, two-year term in Senate District 23, which covers […]
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Portland developers, neighbors to meet again on Stevens Ave. senior housing
PORTLAND — The development proposed at the Sisters of Mercy property at 605 Stevens Ave. has been reviewed at two Planning Board workshops. Now the discussion will return to the neighborhood in a meeting with developers and neighbors. “We’re hopeful the next neighborhood meeting to use (Baxter Woods) and be able to simulate the effect of […]
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Cumberland teen inspires fellowship with 'buddy benches'
CUMBERLAND — This may be Audrey Hankinson’s final year at Greely Middle School, but the project she’s undertaking should have an impact for many years to come. In order to earn her Girl Scout Silver Award – the highest honor a Girl Scout cadette can receive – the eighth-grader is building two “buddy benches.” The wooden seats […]
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Maine suits former FBI agent who inspired ‘Silence of the Lambs’ character
FALMOUTH — Anyone who has seen or read “The Silence of the Lambs” knows Clarice Starling, the FBI agent who interviews serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. When Starling first appeared in the 1988 novel, current Falmouth resident Patricia Kirby said she saw aspects of herself in Clarice. And she should have, since Kirby, a former […]