CAPE ELIZABETH — When Francesca Governali and Emma Dadmun told people they were planning to take a year off after high school to travel and volunteer before going to college, not everyone was receptive to the idea. “I got some weird looks,” Dadmun said. After the fall these two had, it would be tough for […]
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Everything's coming up roses: Brunswick couple to ride in New Year's Day parade
BRUNSWICK — They knew each other only as “Patrick Attorney” and “Victoria Journalist” when they met on an online dating site. But then there was a three-hour lunch-and-coffee date. An hour later, he emailed her, asking for a second date. “What took so long?” she replied. Six years later, Patrick Scully, a.k.a. “Patrick Attorney,” and […]
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Plenty to celebrate after Christmas Eve fire in Freeport
FREEPORT — Richard and Diane Peacock lost nearly everything when their mobile home of nearly 17 years was destroyed by a fire on Christmas Eve. But they said they couldn’t be luckier to have each other after Richard Peacock escaped the smoke and flames with his dog that night. Especially after the 65-year-old retired veteran […]
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Plan blooms for children's garden at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — Fairy houses, meadow mazes and a tree fort are just a few of the features planned for a children’s garden at Fort Williams Park The Town Council received plans for the garden last week and will review them in late February 2014. The two-acre garden, near the park pond and lower tennis […]
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Huffington Post: South Portland synagogue 'stunning'
SOUTH PORTLAND — Congregation Bet Ha’am, the city’s only synagogue, gained global acclaim in the eyes of the Huffington Post when website contributor Yasmine Hafiz named it one of the 50 most “stunning” synagogues and temples in the world. The Reform Jewish congregation worships in a synagogue built in 2008 at 81 Westbrook St. in […]
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High school construction to require year-long closing of South Portland street
SOUTH PORTLAND — The next phase of renovations and expansion at South Portland High School will close Mountain View Road for a year beginning Jan. 1, 2014. City Councilors on Dec. 16 unanimously approved closing the road from Williston Road to Nelson Road while leaving a 12-foot lane open for construction access, emergency vehicles, and […]
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Brunswick heating assistance program seeks funds as demand grows
BRUNSWICK — Warm Thy Neighbor, a donation-based heating assistance program run by Tedford Housing, hopes to raise an extra $23,000 for dozens of low-income families in cold housing. And Tedford Housing expects demand to grow as Maine’s unseasonably cold weather continues. “Currently, we’re holding off taking new applications until we have more money,” Executive Director Craig […]
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Land gift provides buffer at Oak Hill in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — Town Manager Tom Hall may not have asked Santa for 18 acres of land at Oak Hill, but a unanimous Dec. 18 council vote delivered the gift from developers Hedy and Will Jarvis. Situated between Black Point Road and Eastern Road, with about 725 feet of frontage on U.S. Route 1, the 18 […]
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Defense spending snubs Brunswick jobs benefit
BRUNSWICK — The 2014 Department of Defense budget passed by the U.S. Senate last week failed to include a provision that officials believe would have spurred job creation at Brunswick Landing. Spokesmen for U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, confirmed on Tuesday that the HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013 was not included […]
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Yarmouth man accused of choking fiancee, trying to destroy children’s presents
PORTLAND — A Yarmouth man allegedly attempted to destroy his children’s Christmas presents and choke his fiancee in a fit of rage Sunday night. Austin Baker, 27, appeared in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court Monday afternoon to be arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, domestic violence criminal threatening and obstruction of the reporting of a […]