PORTLAND — Proposed city regulation of tour bus companies is being welcomed by two company owners. “We are actually in favor of it,” Jennifer Atkinson of Blue Lobster Tours said Nov. 12 of the proposed City Code amendments governing vehicles for hire. The amendments have not been presented to the full City Council, but were unanimously […]
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Falmouth health-care nonprofit True North to close
FALMOUTH — After nearly 15 years, a local alternative health-care provider will stop providing clinical services at the end of the year. True North, a nonprofit practice and research organization at 202 U.S. Route 1, recently announced it would stop seeing patients by Dec. 30. Dr. Bethany Hays, president of the True North board of […]
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Woman in critical condition after Bath shooting
BATH — A Thomaston woman was in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland Tuesday morning after being shot in the head Monday afternoon in a supermarket parking lot, according to the hospital. Chelsea Jones, 22, was shot by her boyfriend, Dylan Grubbs, 23, also of Thomaston, while she sat in the front passenger […]
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Portland police: Old Port shooting, stabbing 'not a random act'
PORTLAND — City police believe the people involved in a shooting and stabbing near the corner of Market and Fore streets early Monday are known to each other. “This was not a random act,” Police Chief Michael Sauschuck said in a press conference Monday outside police headquarters on Middle Street. Sauschuck had little else to say […]
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Home burglaries on the rise in rural West Falmouth
FALMOUTH — A series of home and vehicle burglaries in West Falmouth have police urging residents to lock their doors. Falmouth Police Lt. John Kilbride said nearly 20 homes and a dozen vehicles have been burglarized over the last three months, which is a higher number than in past years. The home burglaries have largely […]
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Portland brewery owner, partner uncap commercial, residential projects
PORTLAND — The owner of Shipyard Brewing Co. is partnering with a local developer to build $18.4 million in commercial and residential development near the eastern waterfront. Fred Forsley of Shipyard and developer Nathan Bateman were joined by city Economic Development Director Greg Mitchell Monday at the 86 Newbury St. brewery to announce the projects. “This […]
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Renovations planned at 2 Portland library branches
PORTLAND — Two branches of the Portland Public Library will be renovated in the coming months. The Burbank branch, at 311 Stevens Ave., will close for renovations at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The work is expected to take six to seven months. The Peaks Island Library and Community Center is slated for renovations over […]
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Osher Map Library in Portland marks 20 years
PORTLAND — To celebrate 20 years of being on the map, a University of Southern Maine library this week will show off some of its finest and rarest artifacts. The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, at 314 Forest Ave., will showcase some of the gems in its collection in an exhibit […]
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Preserving Space: Portland gallery to buy Congress Street building
PORTLAND — To paraphrase Virginia Woolf, the gallery has a space of its own. Nonprofit Space Gallery has raised $584,000 for a down payment to buy its building at 538 Congress St. for $1.45 million from owner Christopher Campbell. Fundraising also brought in enough money to pay for building expenses in the first year of ownership […]
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Consultants to help recruit Portland school chief
PORTLAND — The committee in charge of managing the search for the city’s next school chief will hire a consulting firm to aid in the process. School Board member Marnie Morrione, co-chairwoman of the superintendent search committee, wouldn’t say which firms or how many are being considered, but she said the committee will be conducting […]