BRUNSWICK — Kathy Wilson has won election to an at-large Town Council seat, outpolling her opponent John Portela 5,181 to 3,140. Speaking to reporters at the Brunswick Junior High School shortly after the results were reported late Tuesday evening, Wilson said she was tired, but happy and ready to get to work as a member […]
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Cumberland narrowly OKs beach purchase, Harris Road zoning
CUMBERLAND — Voters on Tuesday narrowly supported the town’s $3 million purchase of beach property off Foreside Road. They also upheld a contract zone agreement that will make Harris Road a through street to Route 9. According to unofficial results, the Payson property question passed, 2,372 to 2,126. The attempt to repeal the Harris Road […]
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Expanded Bayside TIF moves toward Portland City Council vote
PORTLAND — Holiday and winter party plans gained City Council approval Monday in a meeting that lasted about 90 minutes. While formally approving the setup for the annual Christmas tree lighting in Monument Square, an ensuing weekend holiday festival on the peninsula, and the first Winterfest in late January 2015, councilors also took steps to […]
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Portland seeks bike-share program providers
PORTLAND — Vendors have until 4 p.m. on Nov. 24 to submit requests for information about establishing a bike-share program in the city. The city Planning & Urban Development Department is seeking information, including nonbinding cost estimates for capital and operations and business models, for a possible program that would not be operated solely by […]
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Portland Veterans Day parade set for Tuesday
PORTLAND — A parade on Congress Street from Longfellow Square to City Hall Plaza will commemorate Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The parade, organized and led by the American Legion Harold T. Andrews Post No. 17, begins at 10:30 a.m. Ceremonies are scheduled to conclude at noon outside City Hall. The parade will require […]
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Portland tavern's license appeal set for Thursday
PORTLAND — The owners of Sangillo’s Tavern will appeal the denial of their liquor license at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at City Hall. The hearing, postponed from Sept. 11, will be conducted by staff from the state Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages & Lottery Operations. Laurence Sanborn, who manages the agency’s Liquor Licensing and Enforcement Division, said […]
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Veterans Day parade planned in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland War Veterans Memorial Association will host a Veterans Day parade on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The parade will form at 9:30 a.m. at Southern Maine Community College and commence down Broadway at 10 a.m., to the veterans monument in Mill Creek Park, where there will be a short service.
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Sun sets on a stormy day in Portland
A flock of birds takes flight over Portland on Sunday, Nov. 2, as the trailing edge of an early-season snow storm comes into view with the setting sun. The storm, which dumped deep snow on parts of northern Maine and left thousands without power, had little lasting effect on Portland, despite whiteout conditions for much […]
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Osprey art lands at Martin's Point Bridge
Artist Wendy Klemperer of Nelson, New Hampshire, oversees installation of a nesting osprey sculpture near the Falmouth approach to the Martin’s Point Bridge on Friday, Oct. 31. Klemperer created the 75-pound piece of art in 2012 from weathered, salvaged steel; it was originally displayed at Maine Audubon in Falmouth. She made the nest, which weighs about […]
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Portland fire, Maine's deadliest in 40 years, claims 6th victim
PORTLAND — The Nov. 1 fire at 20-24 Noyes St. claimed a sixth victim Tuesday when Steven Summers died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The cause of the deadliest fire in Maine in 40 years remains under investigation by federal, state and local authorities. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Summers, […]