PORTLAND — The Portland Food Co-Op, a 600-member “buying club” for locally produced groceries, has leased space in the India Street neighborhood and plans to open a retail store there in September. The store, to be established in two vacant storefronts in a shopping plaza at 290 Congress St., will sell local goods to the […]
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Judge blocks plan to convert historic Portland church into offices
PORTLAND — A Superior Court justice has ruled the City Council made a mistake when it approved a rezoning that would have allowed an Australian businessman to move his company’s headquarters into a historic former West End church. Judge Joyce Wheeler ruled that allowing a proposed commercial use in what is otherwise a dense residential […]
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Harpswell nomination papers available
HARPSWELL — Three-time Board of Selectmen candidate C. Matthew Rich could challenge incumbent Selectman Alison Hawkes in this year’s March election. Hawkes and Rich have each taken out nomination papers, which must be returned by Jan. 29. That’s when papers are also due for two seats on the School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors. […]
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Cumberland Historical Society seeks funds to update building
CUMBERLAND — With winter in full swing, the town’s historical society is seeking the community’s help for a new furnace and insulation. About $3,000 is needed for the heat pump, plus another $600 for electrical setup, Carolyn Small, the society’s president, said Jan. 2. Donations have accounted for much of what is needed, and anything […]
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State signs lease for DHHS move to South Portland
PORTLAND — The state has signed a contract to consolidate local offices of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor in a building to be constructed in South Portland, near the Portland International Jetport. Capping weeks of public outcry over a recent decision to move the offices from current locations […]
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Unsung Hero: Kersti Bayne of Freeport, driven to serve
FREEPORT — Kersti Bayne, a senior at Freeport High School, spent last July working at an orphanage for newborns in Senegal. “I was able to give the newborns love, to hold them, and feed them and put them down for naps,” she said, delighted that she received a scholarship for her experience in a program […]
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Public gets new ways to influence Portland school budget
PORTLAND — With the turning of a new year, a new budget season begins for Portland Public Schools. This year, however, the district is offering two ways for the public to provide input on the School Department’s nearly $100 million annual budget. Superintendent of Schools Emmanuel Caulk will host a Town Hall-style meeting on Jan. […]
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Police track distraught Bath man through woods during Thursday-night blizzard
BATH — Police searched a wooded area near Nichols Street amid blizzard conditions in the early morning on Jan. 3 for a reportedly suicidal man before finding him and taking him to Mid Coast Hospital. The 28-year-old Bath man told a third party that he wanted to hurt himself, according to a release from Bath […]
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Society documents what's changed, what hasn't, in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — The town’s history is captured in a new, updated edition of “Cape Elizabeth: Past to Present,” a book first published by the Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society in 1991. The second edition, released in December, features new photos, revised passages and an overview of the town’s developments in the past 20-plus years. […]
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West Bath to discuss withdrawal from Regional School Unit 1
WEST BATH — With voters deciding this month whether the town should pull out of Regional School Unit 1, a public hearing on the question will be held at the West Bath School at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6. The referendum vote is Jan. 21. Robert Brown, who started the petition, said in October 2013 […]