SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday earmarked nearly $500,000 to defend a law it passed last year preventing the on-boarding of crude oil along the city’s waterfront. The “Clear Skies” ordinance effectively prohibits pumping so-called tar sands oil through the Portland-Montreal Pipeline to South Portland, where the fuel could then be transported by ship. […]
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DEP gives Brunswick train barn final approval
BRUNSWICK — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s approval this week of a storm-water license for a proposed Amtrak layover facility ends more than three years of debate – at least for now. Opponents of the project said they are already working on an appeal to the Board of Environmental Protection, a citizen oversight board appointed by […]
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Maine's city lawmakers stand together in support of immigrant aid
AUGUSTA — A group of lawmakers from Maine’s largest cities banded together in opposition to a new two-year state budget that makes it easier for the state to deny financial help to asylum-seeking immigrants. During a series of floor speeches late Tuesday night lawmakers from Bangor, Portland and Lewiston decried a rejection to changes in […]
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Cape Elizabeth High School to launch independent-study program
CAPE ELIZABETH — In an effort to allow students to explore their interests and take control of their own education, Cape Elizabeth High School is starting a new student-driven learning program. High school Principal Jeff Shedd on June 9 explained the program to the School Board, and said it will go into effect this fall. […]
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UPDATED: Missing Scarborough man found safe in South Portland
SCARBOROUGH — An East Grand Avenue resident, missing since Tuesday night, was located Wednesday afternoon in South Portland, according to the department’s Facebook page. Police said Michael Connors, 71, was safe. He had last been seen leaving his home around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police said he was intending to drive to the Maine Motel on […]
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Volunteers needed at Scarborough Marsh center
SCARBOROUGH — Maine Audubon is looking for volunteers to staff its Scarborough Marsh Nature Center on Pine Point Road. Spokeswoman Agata Ketterick said volunteers 14 and older are needed for a variety of tasks and projects, including staffing the store, assisting with canoe rentals, maintaining trails and boardwalks, and participating in bird monitoring in July and […]
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Brunswick carnival drops Smokey's Greater Shows
BRUNSWICK — All Saints Parish will have a new amusement provider at this year’s bazaar at St. John’s School, ending its relationship with Smokey’s Greater Shows. The new contractor, Amyland Amusements, is from Vermont. The parish moved the contract in January, according to Amy Pelletier, co-director of the bazaar, and issued a press release welcoming Amyland […]
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Brunswick forum examines links between business, climate
BRUNSWICK — About 350 people gathered at Bowdoin College on June 12 to discuss two changing aspects of the state’s identity: its climate and its economy. “This is an attempt to try to marry these two conversations that have been happening separately … and make them one,” said event organizer Alan Caron, of the nonprofit Envision […]
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Bath planners OK riverfront condo development at 'Coal Pocket'
BATH — The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved the development of five condominium buildings along the Kennebec River, on the vacant site of the historic “Coal Pocket” property. JHR Development – whose projects include Brunswick Station and the Mid Coast Medical Group center at 108 Centre St. – received site plan, developmental subdivision, and […]
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Freeport council OKs 4.3% municipal budget increase
FREEPORT — The Town Council on Tuesday adopted a municipal budget of $9.3 million for fiscal year 2016. Councilors approved a budget increase of more than $400,000, or 4.3 percent, which will require a tax increase of 1.62 percent, or 6 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. Some changes were made to the budget before […]