YARMOUTH — With the possibility of a 2 a.m. train coming through town every day, the Town Council is considering forming a citizen’s committee to study whether the town can safely eliminate the sound of train whistles. At a workshop Nov. 6 and an operations committee meeting Nov. 10, councilors discussed creating a committee to […]
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Portland panel: Redesign Congress Square without hotel event center
PORTLAND — The committee studying ways to reconfigure Congress Square will not recommend selling part of the plaza to the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel when it reports back to the City Council next week. By a 10-5 vote, co-chairman Councilor David Marshall said Monday, the Congress Square Redesign Study Group chose an option presented by […]
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Falmouth council weighs truck traffic regulations
FALMOUTH — While no action was taken, the Town Council discussed regulation of commercial vehicles on town roads at its meeting Monday night. The issue stemmed from concerns about traffic on Brook Road, where a resident said an ordinance prohibiting commercial truck traffic was not being enforced. The resident requested that a “No Through Trucks” sign […]
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Portland parade, ceremony honor veterans
Members of Portland VFW Post 6859 march on Congress Street Tuesday during the annual Veterans Day parade. The parade concluded at City Hall with a ceremony featuring remarks from Mayor Michael Brennan and recently re-elected U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Portland siblings Meya, 3, and Reeve, 7, wave at Veterans Day parade participants Tuesday on Congress […]
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Portland Ice Arena to be renamed for Troubh
PORTLAND — The late Mayor and City Councilor William Troubh will have his legacy placed on ice when city councilors rename the Portland Ice Arena in his memory. The council vote is planned for Nov. 17, after the order passed a first reading on Nov. 3. Troubh died Nov. 8, 2013. A founding partner of […]
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North Yarmouth Revolutionary War veteran gets new tombstone
NORTH YARMOUTH — Nearly 200 years after it was erected, the tombstone of Winthrop Baston – a captain in the American Revolution – was in pieces, sunken under the ground, and seemingly forgotten. But because there were those who never forgot, Baston now has a new stone at his Walnut Hill Cemetery plot, just in […]
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Portland promises reviews after deadly Noyes St. fire
PORTLAND — City officials have promised a full review of housing codes, ordinances and inspection policies in the wake of Portland’s deadliest fire in more than 50 years. The early morning Nov. 1 fire at 20-24 Noyes St. killed six people, five of whom died from smoke inhalation on the second and third floors, according […]
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Preliminary budget would boost Cumberland County property tax more than 5%
PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday unanimously green-lighted a preliminary budget for 2015 operations that would increase the county property tax rate by 5.2 percent. County spending would increase by $1.3 million to a total of $26.7 million. The spending plan must still undergo further review and receive final approval from the […]
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Falmouth honors its war veterans
Members of American Legion Post 164 in Falmouth salute a new Veterans Memorial moments after they laid a wreath at its base on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11. The monument, at the Legion hall at 65 Depot Road, was the result of several years of effort by the Veterans Memorial Committee.
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Revised St. Lawrence Arts plan seen as improvement by Portland Historic Preservation Board
PORTLAND — New renderings of proposed performance space at St. Lawrence Arts are playing to mixed reviews about a month before the City Council will consider a zoning change to make the project possible. “If you look at how design has evolved, you can see it effectively balances being a focal point and cultural center while […]