SOUTH PORTLAND — Preliminary findings from an Economic Development Committee study show the city’s poverty rate has doubled since 2000. The study conducted by Karl Seidman, a consultant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also finds that South Portland’s median income is 8 percent lower than Cumberland County’s. Committee member Peter Stocks released the information this […]
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Bath council may donate land for affordable housing project
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously waived an appraisal for a half-acre Tarbox Street property. The council will now decide whether to donate the land for an affordable housing project. The panel also placed a wastewater improvements bond referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot. Bath Housing, which wants to build a 10-unit, approximately […]
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At Cape Elizabeth Swap Shop, weird is in the eye of the beholder
CAPE ELIZABETH — Nestled among books, a variety of children’s toys, and random appliances, strange and unusual items can be found at the town Swap Shop. For Bruce Wellington, an item that seemed normal, a small piece of jewelry, turned out to be something rather bizarre. “I thought it was a Pandora’s Box thing for a […]
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Falmouth government critic sues Scarborough, town councilors
SCARBOROUGH — A frequent critic of town government in Falmouth is suing Scarborough and its town councilors, claiming they violated his First Amendment rights. According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Michael Doyle, of 3 Shady Lane in Falmouth, claims that on three occasions this year councilors interrupted him at the podium […]
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Brunswick school foundation gets $40K from former Bowdoin College president
BRUNSWICK — Every year the school budget gets dissected, and every year School Board members and parents express dismay that certain projects, positions, or programs are cut. Last year, a group of Brunswick parents got together to try to fill the funding gap. The Brunswick Community Education Foundation, founded in 2014, was not born out of […]
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Portland Science Center launches with ‘Body Worlds’
PORTLAND — Keeping a large number of corpses in a waterfront warehouse is rarely considered good form. But in the case of the new Portland Science Center, it could bring thousands of people through the doors in a short period of time. The corpses are part of “Body Worlds,” a traveling exhibit that puts real […]
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Data breach at Brunswick hotel possibly exposes cards of 2,600
PORTLAND — Malware on a computer at the Brunswick Hotel & Tavern exposed names and credit card information of as many as 2,600 guests who stayed at the hotel between November 2014 and July 2015. The company managing the 4 Noble St. hotel notified customers of the breach in a letter dated Aug. 21 and […]
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Harpswell charter school takes off at new Brunswick campus
BRUNSWICK — Standing outside his school’s new campus at Brunswick Landing, Matt Hamilton smiled and asked a question. “How many kids show up to school with nothing on the wall and no desks?” the assistant head of school at Harpswell Coastal Academy said. That’s exactly what happened when HCA’s 70 high school students arrived for their first […]
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Brunswick hospitals' walk-in clinics to be combined downtown
BRUNSWICK — The walk-in clinic at Parkview hospital will close Tuesday, Sept. 8. Mid Coast Health Services, which acquired Parkview Adventist Medical Center Aug. 20 in a bankruptcy court-approved sale, announced the decision to close the clinic just days later, on Aug. 26. Parkview’s emergency department had been operating as a clinic since June 18, after […]
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Blue Angels return to Brunswick Labor Day weekend
BRUNSWICK — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will again soar through the sky over Brunswick for Labor Day weekend. The elite fliers will be joined by a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, a Marine Corps C-130 called “Fat Albert,” and a car with a jet engine. But while the Great State of Maine Air Show used […]