PORTLAND — Midtown is on again. Groundbreaking for the $85 million mixed-use project on Somerset Street is expected to begin by the end of the year, City Manager Jon Jennings said in an Oct.14 press release. The city and developers Federated Cos. negotiated a new purchase and sales agreement, in effect until Feb. 29, 2016. “Getting […]
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Alumni, students mixed on McAuley move to non-sectarian status
PORTLAND — Students and alumni of Catherine McAuley High School expressed varying opinions after the announcement Oct. 14 that the school will become independent of religious sponsorship. McAuley, the state’s only single-gender college preparatory school, announced it will become independent of the Rhode Island-based Sisters of Mercy Northeast Community, a religious institute of Catholic women. The school […]
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Cumberland to host 'Aging in Place' forum
CUMBERLAND — How the community can help its seniors, and what seniors in turn can offer, will be topics at the town’s Aging in Place Committee forum Saturday, Oct. 31. The forum – to be held at Greely Middle School from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – is an opportunity for the committee to “start a dialogue with the […]
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Falmouth council wants public input on OceanView expansion proposals
FALMOUTH — The Town Council remained split last week on a planned expansion of the OceanView retirement community campus that could require the conveyance of town-owned open space. OceanView proposed turning the former Plummer School on Lunt Road into senior housing. The organization originally proposed a 35-unit development, but the scope has changed over time. Theo […]
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Election 2015: How to lead is the issue in Portland mayoral race
PORTLAND — “Leadership” is the key word in the mayoral race between incumbent Mayor Michael Brennan and challengers Ethan Strimling and Tom MacMillan. Brennan, 62, of 49 Wellington Road, says he has shown leadership in a variety of ways since elected in 2011. Strimling,47, of 211 Spring St., says he will lead by working with city councilors in ways […]
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Falmouth supper serves support for food pantry
Falmouth Town Manager Nathan Poore, left, and volunteers Dick Anderson and Jim Smith help carve turkeys for the seventh annual Harvest Community Supper Oct. 15 at the Falmouth Congregational Church. An estimated 500 people attended the seventh annual supper, which was hosted by Falmouth’s churches and Jewish community. While the dinner was free, donations supported […]
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Election 2015: Crowded field in Portland City Council District 1
PORTLAND — Five candidates are competing to replace departing District 1 City Councilor Kevin Donoghue, who spent nine years in office. Patrick Flynn is president of the Casco Bay Lines Board of Directors; Paula Agopian made an unsuccessful run for City Council 20 years ago. Brandon Mazer, Belinda Ray and Sean Kerwin in their first campaigns […]
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Juried art show returns to Yarmouth
Jean Leslie, right, Alice Ingraham and Carla Hunt organize artwork delivered Sunday for this week’s Yarmouth Art Festival at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. The juried show runs Wednesday through Saturday, with an artists reception Thursday evening from 5:30-8 p.m. It features 164 works from 82 artists from across Maine.
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Taking a walk on the blind side in Portland
Volunteer Sam Leubbert, right, walks with Debbie Schettino during the Iris Network’s annual White Cane Walk for Independence on Saturday, Oct. 17, in Portland. The 1.4-mile walk promotes awareness about the state’s White Cane Law, which requires motorists to yield to blind or visually impaired people walking with white canes or guide dogs. Patrick Deivler […]
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Mars rover scientist agrees: Brunswick’s Chamberlain rocks
BRUNSWICK — Most Mainers know the story of Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine’s famous Civil War charge down the rocky hillside of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, there’s a rock on Mars bearing the general’s name. Scientists discovered the rock in question on the 1,099th Martian day of the […]