SOUTH PORTLAND — After a year of vetting and modifications, plans to repurpose the former Maine Army National Guard Armory were unanimously approved Tuesday night by the Planning Board. The board also approved curbside grocery pickup services at both Hannaford Bros. stores in the city. The vacant World War II-era armory at 682 Broadway will be […]
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South Portland council slants against stopping LPG storage
SOUTH PORTLAND — Although the City Council was divided at a Monday night workshop on a moratorium to halt a liquefied petroleum gas storage facility proposed for Rigby Rail Yard, moratorium backers remain optimistic the council will freeze the project. “I am still fairly confident that the moratorium still has a chance of being in place,” […]
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Blake likely to succeed Cohen as South Portland mayor
SOUTH PORTLAND — Councilor Tom Blake has been unanimously nominated by councilors to be the city’s next mayor. Councilor Brad Fox nominated Blake, a councilor-at-large, at the Nov. 9 City Council workshop to serve the one-year term, which would begin in December. The council will hold a formal vote Monday, Dec. 7. If elected, it will […]
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Cape Elizabeth residents want historic school repurposed
CAPE ELIZABETH — More than 51 percent of residents who responded to a recent survey said they would like to see the historic former Spurwink School reused for a public purpose. The schoolhouse, which was built in 1849, is serving as a temporary home for Thomas Memorial Library while the library undergoes a $4 million renovation. […]
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Demand for racquet courts puts Cape Elizabeth in a pickle
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council has approved forming an ad hoc committee to explore how to satisfy competing court-time demands from tennis and pickleball players. Councilors authorized the committee Nov. 4 after receiving a memo from Lise Pratt, chairwoman of the Fort Williams Advisory Commission, asking for a solution to what has become a problem over […]
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Cape Elizabeth commits to maintaining Goddard Mansion
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council has adopted a policy that ensures the town will continue to maintain Goddard Mansion at Fort Williams Park. Councilors on Nov. 4 approved the policy after receiving the results of a survey that was included with tax bills sent out in October. Of 793 responses, 51.7 percent said they wanted […]
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Former Brunswick councilor now campaigns for gun control
BRUNSWICK — Before her 6-year-old son goes to play at a new friend’s house, Jacqueline Sartoris asks the parents if there’s a gun in the house. It’s not because she’s particularly averse to guns, the Bowdoin street resident said Tuesday. Her father was an FBI agent, and she and her sisters grew up with a gun in […]
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Brunswick senator appeals rejected bills on clam, worm harvesting
BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, is appealing the rejection by the Legislative Council of two bills related to clam and marine worm harvesting. Both were emergency bills that Gerzofsky says are needed to protect a threatened clam industry that employs 1,500 people. The state Department of Marine Resources in 2015 listed the value of […]
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Conservationists get fired up to regenerate Brunswick preserve
BRUNSWICK — Slowly but surely, a portion of Brunswick’s Capt. William A. Fitzgerald Preserve off Old Bath Road went up in flames Thursday, Nov. 5. Firefighters from the town Fire Department, the Maine Forest Service and volunteers from fire departments around the state set fire to the dry grasses on the preserve’s perimeter around 11 a.m., […]
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Charitable donations stolen from Brunswick Elks Lodge
BRUNSWICK — Money intended for several charities was stolen from the Brunswick Elks Lodge over Halloween weekend. At some point after 10 p.m. the night of Oct. 30 or before 8 a.m. the morning of Oct. 31, one or more intruders broke into the lodge at 179 Park Row, according to police. Police arrived just before […]