PORTLAND — The School Board sent a nearly $2.2 million list of capital improvement projects for 2017 to the City Council as part of a five-year plan. The numbers for 2017-2021 are still estimates, school officials said, and do not include major school construction or renovations. The plan, recommended 8-1 Jan. 19 by the board, […]
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Hundreds welcome winter in Portland
All aboard a snow raft on Saturday, Jan. 23, at the WinterKids Welcome to Winter Festival at Portland’s Payson Park. WinterKids, a nonprofit whose mission is to help children develop healthy lifelong habits through education and fun, outdoor winter activity, partnered with Portland Recreation and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to put on the event […]
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Portland Pipe Line says South Portland oil ordinance could put it out of business
PORTLAND — Portland Pipe Line Corp. will be out of business by 2017 if the Clear Skies Ordinance isn’t lifted, lawyers representing the company in a lawsuit against the city of South Portland said Wednesday in U.S. District Court. The zoning ordinance amendments, enacted in July 2014, prohibit PPL from reversing the flow of unrefined crude oil that […]
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Poll supports new Topsham high school on existing campus
TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 got a strong endorsement from residents Jan. 21 for a new high school on the existing Mt. Ararat High School campus. Residents of Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham voted 85-0 in a show-of-hands straw poll in favor of the site. The vote did not identify a specific location on the […]
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Scarborough police arrest teenager in connection with shooting
SCARBOROUGH — Police have arrested a teenage boy in connection with the Jan. 18 shooting of an Ash Swamp Road man. The 17-year-old Scarborough boy, whose name was not disclosed because of his age, was arrested around 1 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, after police received a call about a suspicious vehicle in the driveway of a home […]
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Brunswick lands developer of amphibious aircraft
BRUNSWICK — Is it a boat? Is it a plane? Depending on the outcome of a new development at Brunswick Landing, it could be both. The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the agency redeveloping the former Brunswick Naval Air Station for civilian use, announced Friday, Jan. 22, that Minnesota-based aircraft developer MVP Aero will be developing a […]
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Scarborough police still seek leads in man’s shooting
Update, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016: Scarborough police said a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser, or Chevrolet HHR-style vehicle, was seen traveling on Ash Swamp Road around the time the shooting was reported. Police said they have “no information to indicate this vehicle was involved, but are considering it a vehicle of interest that may have witnessed something […]
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South Portland council fails to enact propane moratorium
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council failed to muster enough votes Wednesday night to enact a six-month moratorium on commercial liquefied petroleum gas storage and distribution facilities. Councilors voted 4-3 in favor of the moratorium, but needed a super majority of five affirmative votes for passage. Councilors Claude Morgan, Linda Cohen and Maxine Beecher were opposed; […]
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Scarborough hopes changes boost housing diversity, solar energy
SCARBOROUGH — The Town Council approved two zoning amendments, one to allow more diverse housing options and one that allows for residential solar panel arrays. Councilors on Wednesday unanimously approved the amendments, both of which had been recommended by the Planning Board. Public hearings were held for each one, although no one spoke. The amendment on […]
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Industry concerns stall Harpswell pesticide ban proposal
HARPSWELL — A proposed ordinance banning some pesticides in town elicited concern from area business owners Wednesday night, and may not make it to a vote at March’s town meeting. The regulation, written by the town’s Conservation Commission, would ban a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids for outdoor, non-agricultural use. These chemicals act on the central […]