Oliver Casey, 5, of Brunswick, helps the staff at Atlantic Regional Federal Credit Union pour contributed coins into a counter at the Brunswick branch on Friday, Feb. 27. The credit union and Gelato Fiasco combined to create a Curtis Memorial Library fundraiser where kids used empty gelato jars as coin collectors in February, during national […]
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Scarborough hopes to bridge the social media divide
SCARBOROUGH — As people everywhere continue to use social media as a means for getting information, Town Manager Tom Hall believes the town needs to join the movement in a professional capacity. “It’s been a fairly recurring theme, but for one reason or the other we just haven’t made significant progress,” Hall said Monday. Working to […]
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South Portland rail yard sought for LPG terminal
SOUTH PORTLAND — Rigby Yard could become the site of a liquid petroleum gas storage facility to serve Maine and much of southern New England. NGL Supply Terminal Co., a subsidiary of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based NGL Energy Partners LP, is proposing the facility, which would be constructed on top of what was once the railway turntable in the […]
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Freeport-Pownal-Durham schools pick New Hampshire administrator as superintendent
FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors selected an educator from Wells to be the next superintendent of schools. After employing two interim co-superintendents since last July, the School Board selected Edward McDonough for the permanent position. He will join the Freeport-Pownal-Durham school district in August. “Ed McDonough is an outstanding educator and […]
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Portland police seek robbery suspect with bad bite
PORTLAND — Police are looking for a woman they said was unsuccessful in an attempt to steal cigarettes from the 7-Eleven store at 27 Washington Ave. early Wednesday morning. Lt. James Sweatt said the woman asked a store clerk for a carton of cigarettes, then tried to spray him with pepper spray, before biting him […]
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South Portland prostitution sting nets 3 customers
SOUTH PORTLAND — Three men were arrested Wednesday afternoon in a prostitution sting near the Maine Mall. Police said Robinson Rich, 25, of Cape Elizabeth; Willard Putnam, 56, of Windham, and Thomas Kahl, 64, of White River Junction, Vermont, responded to an ad posted on social media and were baited to an undisclosed location near the […]
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South Portland to hire Boston defense attorneys
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city announced Wednesday that it will seek to retain the Boston-based law firm Foley Hoag to defend against a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the Portland Pipe Line Corp. and American Waterways Operators. Maine Municipal Association provides insurance coverage for the city’s liability and public officials, but there is no coverage […]
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Scarborough man arrested for Portland burglary
PORTLAND — A Scarborough man was being held Thursday on $25,000 cash bail at Cumberland County Jail, facing burglary and drug charges after his arrest Tuesday by city police. Lt. James Sweatt said Shane Cook, 23, whose home address was not released, was charged with Class C burglary and Class B theft in connection with […]
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Cape Elizabeth school budget could rise 2.6%
CAPE ELIZABETH — The school superintendent’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 includes an increase of just over $600,000, or 2.6 percent. Superintendent Meredith Nadeau on Wednesday presented a projected total budget of more than $23.8 million to the School Board. She said the budget will have an impact on taxpayers of a 1.5 percent property-tax […]
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South Portland weighs ways to keep Thornton Heights corner green
SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors and citizens took the first steps Monday night toward deciding what to do with the 2.3-acre parcel of city land at the corner of Main and Westbrook Streets. Most options they discussed, including creation of a conservation easement, would eventually preserve the property as open space. The grassy area became the […]