SOUTH PORTLAND — The three-member city committee charged with crafting an ordinance to prevent proposals for processing or shipping tar sands oil embarked Feb. 6 on what member Russell Pierce Jr. called “a land-use exercise.” The committee was scheduled to meet again Thursday, to ask city staff about the details of the city’s petroleum industries, […]
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Brunswick School Board gets options to relieve overcrowding
BRUNSWICK — The School Board on Wednesday night heard four proposals for addressing an anticipated population bottleneck at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School. But a solution is unlikely until early 2015. Three of the four proposals presented by school administrators ranged in price from a little over $215,000 to about $1.2 million. All three of […]
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Scarborough animal-control panel suggests wide-ranging beach restrictions
SCARBOROUGH — Town Councilors will meet in a 6 p.m. workshop Wednesday, Feb. 19, to discuss the final report submitted by the seven-member ad hoc committee on animal control and species preservation issues. The report compiled by Town Manager Tom Hall, who served as committee facilitator, will be part of the council packets distributed Friday, […]
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Bath council levies $31K fine for longtime code violations
BATH — After lengthy discussion, part of which was held in executive session, the City Council voted 7-1 Wednesday to fine an elderly couple $31,200 for code violations going back 26 years. Mardouni and Esther Sharrigan, who own property at 107 Mallard Road, have proposed buying less than 0.3 percent of the adjoining Butler Head […]
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People Plus in Brunswick serving seniors, teens and 'busting at the seams'
BRUNSWICK — People Plus has come a long way since it began as the Brunswick Community Center for Senior Citizens in 1976. Previously located at the former St. Charles Church at 6 Noble St., the center has been at a former school building at 35 Union St. for the past three years, with an expanded focus from […]
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South Portland zoning changes may dunk church redevelopment as doughnut shop
SOUTH PORTLAND — Zoning revisions proposed for Thornton Heights could put a crimp in a developer’s plans to replace a Main Street church with a Dunkin’ Donuts shop. City Planning Director Tex Haeuser gave Planning Board members an overview of the new zoning Tuesday night, calling it the first product of the new Comprehensive Plan […]
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Opponents sue to overturn Portland's approval of Midtown project in Bayside
PORTLAND — A Cumberland County Superior Court justice will be asked to overturn approval of the Midtown project in Bayside after neighbors Wednesday appealed the Planning Board decision. Members of Keep Portland Livable were joined by local property owners in the lawsuit, which claims the project does not comply with the city’s Comprehensive Plan and […]
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Portland schools to close early Thursday because of storm
PORTLAND — Portland Public Schools will close three hours early Thursday due to the approaching winter storm. The city’s high schools will close at 11:10 a.m., middle schools at 11:35 a.m., and elementary schools at 12:05 p.m. School buses will run their regular routes after the early releases. All other after-school activities on Thursday are […]
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Next move is Portland's after court strikes down loitering ban
PORTLAND — Ronnie Jones, a panhandler who goes by the name Jonesey, said he’s less of a danger to traffic than traffic is to itself. “I’ve seen everything, man. People turn here illegally, run red lights, they’re texting,” Jonesey said from a median at the intersection of Forest Avenue and Marginal Way. “If I was […]
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Brunswick clam harvesting licenses to be reduced 12%
BRUNSWICK — After considering the livelihoods of local clam harvesters and the need to conserve a shrinking softshell clam population, the Marine Resources Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to make the smallest reduction possible in the number of commercial shellfish harvesting licenses available this year. The committee also voted to close the town’s coastal waters to […]