PORTLAND — A wide array of talent will play across the city on Wednesdays and Thursdays during free Summer in the Parks Concerts that start this week. The Friends of the Eastern Promenade series at Fort Sumner Park on North Street opens at 7 p.m. Thursday with gypsy jazz band Mes Amis. Shows will be […]
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'Spectacular' July Fourth promised in Portland
PORTLAND — It’s time to strike up the band and light the fuse for the city’s annual Fourth of July “Stars and Stripes Spectacular” on the Eastern Promenade. Along with the traditional Portland Symphony Orchestra Patriotic Pops concert beginning Friday at 7:40 p.m., and the fireworks display beginning at 9:20 p.m., the privately funded celebration […]
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Leeman, Coyne retirements leave 2 Portland City Council races wide open
PORTLAND — City councilors Cheryl Leeman and John Coyne sit opposite each other in council meetings, while agreeing on most fiscal issues facing the city. “I don’t think there is any question I am fiscally more conservative,” Leeman said Friday. “I’m probably the second-most conservative on the council,” Coyne said June 25. Within 24 hours […]
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Correction
A June 20 story about the Scarborough Land Trust’s acquisition of Benjamin Farm should have said the farm’s late owner, Jerred Benjamin, died in 2007. It also should have said SLT has owned another property, Fuller Farm, since 2001.
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Championship wait ends for South Portland
It was a celebration a long time coming for the South Portland High School boys’ lacrosse team, which won its first Class A championship Saturday, June 21, at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. The Red Riots defeated Brunswick High School, 10-8, while the Cape Elizabeth boys finished an undefeated season with another Class B crown.
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling threatens Portland buffer zone
PORTLAND — Waterboro resident Donna Hebert stood on a Congress Street sidewalk Friday morning, one of about 10 anti-abortion activists hoping to engage with women going into the Planned Parenthood of New England offices across the street. “People come and talk with us, and we talk about the Lord and share the gospel,” she said. […]
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Cape Elizabeth ZBA refuses to reconsider, or discuss, cell tower ruling
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday refused to reconsider its May 27 denial of a bid to construct a cell tower in Shore Acres. It did so without allowing comment from the public or Verizon, the company that sought reconsideration of the plan to construct a cellular tower on an existing water […]
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South Portland moves a step closer to banning tar sands
SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors suggested no significant alterations Wednesday to proposed ordinance changes that would keep unrefined tar sands oil out of the city. A special, three-member Draft Ordinance Committee recently drafted the changes, which would prohibit “the bulk loading of crude oil” in South Portland. The changes were reviewed Wednesday in a workshop, and […]
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Status quo, for now, at Brunswick boat launch
BRUNSWICK — Issues involving use of the town boat launch at Simpson’s Point may go far beyond a conflict between fishermen and clammers, and residents who have come to see the launch as a prime recreation destination. Since the launch was closed to motorized boats in 2008 it has become a increasingly popular place for […]
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Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth to host 'Taste of the Nation'
CAPE ELIZABETH — Share Our Strength Maine will host the ninth annual Taste of the Nation event at Fort Williams Park on Sunday, June 29. This year’s fundraising event will feature the largest number of Maine chefs and restaurants in its history, with more than 30 restaurants expected. The event will feature food, Maine-made beer and […]