PORTLAND — Karri Gilliam said she makes friends easily. But few friendships she has made are as valued as the one with Shawna Holloway. “We hit it right off. We walked into a room and started talking, and she has been helping me ever since,” Gilliam said last week. Homeless and facing a biopsy for […]
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Portland panel nears proposal for vacant Reed School
PORTLAND — The task force charged with finding a new use for the vacant Thomas B. Reed School has one meeting left before making its final recommendations. The Reed School Reuse Advisory Task Force came up with draft recommendations to change the zoning of the property to allow multi-family housing, and preservation of open space […]
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Bowdoin College student charged with campus rape
BRUNSWICK — A 21-year-old Bowdoin College student was arrested in Topsham early Sunday morning and charged with Class A felony gross sexual assault, a crime that allegedly took place earlier in the night on the Bowdoin campus. Logan Taylor, whose address is listed as Brunswick, remained in Cumberland County Jail Sunday afternoon, held on $1,000 […]
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Memorial Day in Falmouth
Student musicians march to Falmouth Road, and ultimately Pine Grove Park on Foreside Road, during Falmouth’s Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 25. Arthur Schade, a member of Falmouth American Legion Memorial Post 164, and two Falmouth Boy Scouts lay a wreath at the Civil War memorial in Pine Grove Cemetery on Memorial Day.
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2 people shot at Portland recording studio
PORTLAND — Two people were shot at a recording studio late Monday night in the city’s Old Port. According to a release from the Portland Police Department, police were called to Da Block Studios at 371 Fore St. for a report of shots fired just before midnight. Officers found two people had been shot. Both […]
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A day to remember in Portland
Lynn Becker and grandson Kenzo Moore watch as National Guard troops march past Monday, May 25, during the Memorial Day parade on Congress Street in Portland. The Portland Fire Department Honor Guard marches down Congress Street on Monday, May 25, during the annual Memorial Day parade in Portland. Portland resident Ken Chaney receives complimentary American […]
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Falmouth development strategies move forward
FALMOUTH — The Town Council has received reports on both a proposed economic development strategy and a Route 100 vision. If they move forward, preliminary engineering costs could be up to $400,000. Janice de Lima, a Falmouth Economic Improvement Committee member, last week told councilors the development strategy took “years to craft” and after multiple […]
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Cumberland farm launches next chapter under new operator
CUMBERLAND — When Jeff Storey worked at Spring Brook Farm as a teenager three decades ago, he had no idea he’d ever sign a 40-year lease to operate the place. Greg and Kay Fowler, who own the 168 Greely Road property, continue to live in their house, but Storey has taken over operations of the […]
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Portland zoning question heads back to council, amid debate over building heights, waterfront views
PORTLAND — Height is the root of a dispute about zoning needed to redevelop the Portland Co. complex at 58 Fore St. CPB2, the development company owned by Jim Brady, Casey Prentice and Kevin Costello, is seeking two zoning changes for 10 acres of property and additional submerged land in Portland harbor. The City Council […]
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Portland attorney announces council bid
PORTLAND — The first hat is in the ring. Spencer Thibodeau, 27, of Pitt Street, announced in a May 18 press release he will seek the City Council District 2 seat currently held by Councilor David Marshall. Thibodeau, an attorney at Verrill Dana, said he would like to “shift the focus back to providing efficient […]