PORTLAND — Mako Bates believes it is time to boost the wages of workers throughout the city, especially because the cost of living has soared. George Lydick worries those increased wages, as much as $5 or $6 per hour more than he pays now, will come at a cost to his customers or his staff. […]
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Dishin’ That: Sometimes we all get too close for comfort
It was long past Miller time as I was wrapping up a nine hour shift that started at 6:30 in the morning. Ready to put on my battered Chuck Taylors, I wanted nothing more than to plop down on the light side of the bar and watch the end of the Pats game. Brady was […]
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South Portland City Council enacts shopping bag fee, food packaging restriction
SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors voted unanimously Monday to make South Portland the second city in the state to charge a fee for single-use shopping bags, and to ban polystyrene food containers. The second reading of the single-use bag ordinance was almost halted by Councilor Tom Blake, who favored an ordinance that would ban single-use bags, […]
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Potential solar energy contractors tour South Portland sites
SOUTH PORTLAND — Potential bidders attended a tour Tuesday of 10 sites the city intends to power with solar energy. City Manager Jim Gailey announced the city would move toward solar-voltaic infrastructure earlier this month. The city sent out a nationwide request for proposals on Sept. 4. Sustainability Coordinator Julie Rosenbach and Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Director Rick Towle led […]
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South Portland gets revised proposal for propane storage
SOUTH PORTLAND — NGL Supply Terminal Co. is moving forward with its plan to move from Commercial Street in Portland to Rigby Rail Yard. The propane distribution company submitted a revised site plan application for 20 Rigby Yard to the Planning and Development Department on Monday, Sept. 21. The application outlines plans to construct a liquid […]
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Cape Elizabeth gun club hopes to resume shooting this year
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Spurwink Rod and Gun Club has a schedule for renovations with a goal of resuming live fire on its shortest shooting range by the end of the year. The gun club started work on a so-called “no-blue-sky shot containment system” at the beginning of the month. Club President Tammy Walter and former […]
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Cape Elizabeth set to cap 250th birthday celebration
CAPE ELIZABETH — With a little over a month left until the town’s 250th anniversary, there are only a few more chances to join the festivities. Three events are planned this fall as part of the year-long celebration of Cape Elizabeth’s founding. Events started last fall and will conclude on Nov. 1. The first event this […]
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Brunswick board, council restart school repair process
BRUNSWICK — The School Board and Town Council met in the Coffin Elementary School cafeteria Wednesday night to discuss how to move forward after the board’s more than $12 million plan to repair Coffin and Brunswick Junior High School was rejected last month by the council. This is about “getting on the same page,” School Board Chairman Billy Thompson said. […]
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Falmouth residents invited to forum on Route 100 project
FALMOUTH — Residents on Sept. 30 will have a chance to weigh in on the redevelopment of Route 100. Theo Holtwijk, the town’s director of long range planning, said the public forum, which will be held in Town Council Chambers at 6 p.m., is intended to accomplish three things. It will let the public know […]
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Brunswick Landing water contamination remedies in dispute
BRUNSWICK — Members of the citizens group supporting base-wide groundwater controls to combat chemical contamination at the former naval base are disappointed with the response to their proposed remedy. Officials tasked with cleaning up the Brunswick Naval Air Station, though, say they are actively monitoring the presence of perflourinated chemicals, or PFCs, and are even testing […]