FREEPORT — After months of buildup and debate, Freeport residents voted last week in a special election to create a committee to negotiate a plan for the town’s withdrawal from Regional School Unit 5. The withdrawal process, however, is just beginning. Ultimately, it will culminate with another referendum. Residents must still vote on a completed […]
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Cumberland assistant manager to join Portland law firm
CUMBERLAND — Alyssa Tibbetts, who started in the town office as an intern a decade ago and ultimately became assistant town manager, will step down from that position Jan. 3 to join a Portland law firm. Tibbetts – whose mother, Nadeen Daniels, was Cumberland’s town clerk and human resources officer until 2010 – will work in […]
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Controversial Portland theater plan coming out of hibernation
PORTLAND — After a six-month hiatus, a much-debated proposal to add a 400-seat performance hall to the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill may once again be in the public spotlight. The Friends of the St. Lawrence Church, the nonprofit group that owns and operates the center, wants to build the hall where the […]
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Portland Pirates, Civic Center to resume talks
PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Civic Center and its former anchor tenant, the Portland Pirates professional hockey team, may re-open lease negotiations after the team on Friday said it was dropping its lawsuit against the arena. The announcement came two days after a private meeting between Neal Pratt, chairman of the Civic Center board of trustees, and Ron […]
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Portland business owners put best face on facade updates
PORTLAND — Congress Street businesses are sprucing up their appearance, thanks to a city initiative that will result in nearly $600,000 of storefront improvements. But not everyone is happy with the work being done on building facades, signs and awnings between Forest Avenue and Oak Street. The city’s Facade Improvement Program, funded by a federal […]
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Portland ceremony adds 79 new U.S. citizens
PORTLAND — Seventy-nine new Mainers emerged from Portland Public Library as U.S. citizens after a naturalization ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20. The event, which occurs every month in Portland, featured a speech by gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine. Michaud urged the new Mainers to embrace their citizenship, get involved in local government […]
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Remembering the homeless who died in Portland
Bagpiper George Pulkkinen is illuminated by police lights as he leads a procession up Preble Street in Portland on Friday, Dec. 20, to honor 21 homeless men and women who died during the past year. The Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil, which is sponsored by the city Health and Human Services Department, Mercy Hospital, and Preble […]
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Falmouth maps installation of natural gas lines
FALMOUTH — The town has made available a map that details future natural gas distribution lines. The color-coded map, which is available on the town website, shows four phases of the project over four years, beginning in 2014. It is part of a larger, $42 million project by Summit Natural Gas to build distribution lines […]
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New bishop of Diocese of Portland played role in purging of abusive priests
PORTLAND — The newly appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is credited with playing a key role in the Vatican’s purge of priests accused of sexual abuse, and later as the Archdiocese of Boston took the step of identifying abusive priests openly on its website. Both were considered significant moves in the […]
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Fire damages Yarmouth home
Damage was estimated between $500,000 and $1 million from a fire Friday night, Dec. 20, at a home at 110 Broad Arrow Trail in Yarmouth. The fire, which began at about 8 p.m., reportedly was started accidentally by a 15-year-old playing with a lighter. Yarmouth, Freeport, Falmouth and Cumberland firefighters responded to the blaze, off […]