SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday unanimously approved a first reading of a proposal to rezone the World War II-era former Maine Army National Guard Armory property. Rezoning the land from Residential A to a new Conditional Armory Zone is required for the planned $2.5 million conversion of the armory into a multi-functional gas […]
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Brunswick business sees future in land-farmed ocean fish
BRUNSWICK — An Industrial Parkway aquaculture company believes consumers could soon be buying tasty, sustainable ocean fish – grown on Maine soil. Acadia Harvest has received a $657,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for its efforts to raise fish in a “zero-waste” indoor system. The funding is the second phase of a Small Business Innovation […]
Brunswick campus lands UMA aviation program
BRUNSWICK — The University of Maine at Augusta is making its Bachelor of Science in Aviation program available at Brunswick Landing. Starting with the fall semester, UMA first-year students who enroll in the aviation program will have the option of taking classes at the Brunswick Landing campus of Southern Maine Community College, instead of the Augusta […]
Brunswick budget impact colors council decisions
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council took action on several items Monday night, with an eye toward reducing spending as fiscal 2016 budget decisions loom. The first item to receive scrutiny was the final proposal for a “sharrow” bike lane on Federal Street. A “sharrow,” also known as a shared lane marking, “simply means there are […]
Harpswell may put new spin on old cane tradition
HARPSWELL — Selectmen moved to revive a New England tradition on April 2, creating a committee to decide how to pass on the Boston Post Cane. The cane has been awarded to Harpswell’s oldest living resident since the early 1900s, but the tradition has drifted away in recent years, Town Administrator Kristi Eiane said. It was […]
Longtime Bath church returns to downtown roots
BATH — After a few months in a temporary location, the Neighborhood United Church of Christ has landed in a new home at 798 Washington St. The church fills the space occupied since 2009 by the Admiral Steakhouse, which closed last month. “With the purchase of our new facility today, we are excited to find […]
Falmouth sports pub sketch plan weathers scrutiny
FALMOUTH — The proposed expansion of a Portland-based sports pub took another step forward Tuesday night, when the Planning Board conducted a sketch plan review for the restaurant planned in Tidewater Village. Questions about parking for the project, on land along Clearwater Drive between Hat Trick Drive and Farm Gate Road, continued to permeate the […]
Victim’s widow, stepdaughter give different accounts of North Yarmouth bee farm shooting
PORTLAND — A mother and daughter who are key witnesses in the murder trial of Yarmouth lobsterman Merrill Kimball offered conflicting memories Tuesday of the day Kimball shot and killed 63-year-old Leon Kelley. During the second day of testimony in Kimball’s murder trial at Portland Superior Court, Robin Rawnsley-Dutil, Kelley’s stepdaughter, told the jury that […]
Freeport capital spending plan remains largely intact
FREEPORT — Councilors amended some of the town’s five-year capital plan at Tuesday’s public hearing, but most of it was left as originally written. Councilors on April 7 didn’t comment on most of the articles of the plan, which includes spending almost $2.5 million in 2016 to repair and replace equipment, improve infrastructure, and spur […]
Yarmouth panel submits Route 1 bridge proposals
YARMOUTH — The Route 1 Bridge Advisory Committee has asked the Town Council to recommend its suggestions for a new bridge to the Maine Department of Transportation. The committee last week submitted a report to councilors with its requests for how the new U.S. Route 1 bridge over Main Street should be designed. Councilors will […]