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State plan for Maine Mall Road porous pavement raises questions in South Portland; work to begin in July

SOUTH PORTLAND — The state Department of Transportation is planning a first-of-its-kind paving project to help address polluted storm-water runoff in the Long Creek Watershed. The project, however, will impact traffic and, by extension, businesses near the Maine Mall throughout t...

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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Falmouth High School Class of 2009

Falmouth High School Class of 2009 Salutatorian Courtney Mazur, center, waits with the rest of her class to enter the high school auditorium June 14. (Natalie Conn photo)

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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Film about Cape-Rumford rivalry to debut at Waterville festival

SOUTH PORTLAND — A documentary film telling the story of two very different Maine towns and their people will have its world premiere at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville. "The Rivals" was filmed by Lone Wolf Documentary Group of South Portland and Hollywood. The...

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Thursday, June 18, 2009
At students' urging, Bath businesses open Heart Gallery for adoptions

BATH — Five sophomores from Morse High School's Jobs for Maine's Graduates program took to downtown streets Tuesday afternoon, carrying portraits of children in need of good adoptive parents. The Heart Gallery, 49 portraits in the windows of 10 downtown businesses, will be on dis...

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Thursday, June 18, 2009
South Portland City Council OKs $84M budget

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday approved a $87.3 million budget for fiscal 2010. The council also amended five Maine Mall-area Tax Increment Financing Districts and allocated $300,000 towards a tax stabilization fund. The $87.3 million budget for the fiscal ye...

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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Goddard Mansion in Cape Elizabeth could face partial demolition; Shore Road Pathway discussion begins

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council began its discussion Monday of the proposed Shore Road Pathway, and discussed the future of Goddard Mansion at Fort Williams. The Fort Williams Advisory Commission has recommended a long-term goal of tearing down most of what's left of the aging s...

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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Referendum date on Harpswell school closure expected later this year

HARPSWELL — The date of a voter referendum on closing the West Harpswell School will not be known until later this year. Meanwhile, the Harpswell Board of Selectmen has yet to take an official position on the question. The School Administrative District 75 Board of D...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Chebeague Island: Casco Bay's seal nursery and day-care center

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — "It's a girl, about a week old," said Linda Doughty as she gently turned over the week-old baby seal, plump with baby fat and with a still visible umbilical cord. The pup had been stranded for three days recently on an island beach, one of five stranded on Chebeague in...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Train station lease gets OK from Brunswick councilors

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday voted 8-1 to become the master tenant of the train station and welcome center at Maine Street Station, the $23.5 million development that already has a significant financial investment from taxpayers. The council's decision is the penultimate...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Brunswick council schedules public hearing on air base zoning

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday set a public hearing to discuss proposed zoning amendments important to the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station. The amendments have been proposed by the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority in cooperation with the town's plann...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:10 pm