SOUTH PORTLAND — Concerned neighbors who live near Rigby Yard, where a $3 million liquid petroleum gas storage facility is proposed, urged city councilors Wednesday to halt the project by enacting a six-month moratorium on the planning process. A second workshop to continue the discussion was set for Monday, Nov. 9. More than one councilor said […]
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Madeline Hansen, 4, of South Portland, admires some of the cool equipment inside a South Portland fire truck at the department’s Fire Prevention Week open house at Central Fire Station on Oct. 10. Her father, Michael Hansen, said Madeline has always been enthralled by anything to do with fire trucks and firefighters.
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Cape Elizabeth adopts rules to encourage apartment buildings
CAPE ELIZABETH — A land-use ordinance amendment designed to promote multi-unit housing and preserve open space was approved Wednesday by the Town Council. Councilors also sent a proposed village green zoning amendment to the ordinance committee, and scheduled a Nov. 4 public hearing on a proposed special events ordinance. The land-use ordinance amendment was previously sent […]
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Cape Elizabeth gun club gets conditional license
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council on Wednesday conditionally approved a license for the Spurwink Rod & Gun Club. The condition is that club members can’t resume shooting on the 25-yard range until it has 100 percent shot containment. “I feel so happy and thankful,” Tammy Walter, club president, said after the meeting. “I don’t even […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
New Brunswick elementary school back on the table
BRUNSWICK — First, it was going to be two school renovations. Now, it’s looking like the town may be asked to build a new elementary school, and do minor renovations at Brunswick Junior High School. In the continuing effort to come up with a solution for fixing two aging schools, the School Board on Wednesday asked […]
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Portland police chief says gun law change puts citizens, cops in danger
PORTLAND — Police Chief Michael Sauschuck on Wednesday said a change in state law allowing residents to carry concealed handguns without permits in public will make the state a more dangerous place. “When this legislation goes into effect tomorrow – police officers and sheriffs around the state – their lives will be in danger,” Sauschuck said. “Our […]
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Election 2015: 1st-time candidates seek South Portland council seat
SOUTH PORTLAND — Two first-time candidates are campaigning to replace City Councilor Melissa Linscott in the District 3 election. Eben Rose, of Buchanan Street, and Ernest Stanhope, of Fessenden Avenue, are running in the district bordered by Dawson Street, Broadway and Evans Street, and the Cape Elizabeth town line. Linscott, who will complete her first three-year […]
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Low bid for Freeport High School renovations comes in under budget
FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors was expected to accept a general contractor’s bid Wednesday for Freeport High School renovations. The RSU 5 board was scheduled to consider the bid from Sheridan Corp., a Portland-based commercial construction company. The bid of more than $10.7 million was about $541,000 below the previously estimated […]
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Election 2015: Cape Elizabeth School Board race an incumbent-free zone
CAPE ELIZABETH — Three School Board seats are being sought by four candidates in the Nov. 3 election. Elizabeth Scifres, John Voltz, William Gross III and Heather Altenburg are each running for the three-year term. There are no incumbents in the race – David Hillman, Kate Williams-Hewitt and John Christie III are not seeking re-election – but Scifres has previously served […]
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Election 2015: 7 candidates vie for 3 seats on Cape Elizabeth Town Council
CAPE ELIZABETH — There are seven candidates for three Town Council seats on the Nov. 3 ballot. Each is for a three-year term. The candidates recently shared their views on town issues, including the Spurwink Rod & Gun Club’s license application, the proposed village green amendment, the proposed land use ordinance amendment, and the council-mandated reduction of […]