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South Portland official placed on paid leave

SOUTH PORTLAND — The director of the city's largest municipal department has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an independent review of his department. City Manager Jim Gailey said he decided on Friday to place Dana Anderson on paid leave until further notice.

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Monday, May 11, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Update: Body found in Fore River believed to be missing man

PORTLAND — Police have tentatively identified the body found in the Fore River last Friday as that of a 22-year-old Portland man who has been missing since March. In a press release Monday afternoon, Capt. Vern Malloch tentatively identified the body as Ezra Milan. Malloch said ...

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Monday, May 11, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Carbon monoxide keeps some Martin's Point facilities closed in Portland

PORTLAND — Martin's Point Health Care Center, pharmacy and laboratory remained closed today after two carbon monoxide leaks last week left more than a dozen employees ill. Spokesman Dave Garrison said the facilities will remain closed until results from air quality tests conducte...

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Monday, May 11, 2009 at 11:00 am
Yarmouth council sends budget, 1.86% tax hike to voters

YARMOUTH — Town Councilors on Thursday approved a $31.2 million total budget for fiscal year 2010. The budget will increase the tax rate by 1.86 percent over this year, and residents will pay $19.53 for every $1,000 of assessed value, an increase of 36 cents.

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Friday, May 8, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Skowhegan man indicted for South Portland shooting

PORTLAND — A Cumberland County grand jury today indicted a 50-year-old Skowhegan man for manslaughter in the shooting death of a South Portland man. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a press release that Bruce Lavallee-Davidson was charged with al... 1

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Friday, May 8, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Update: Pownal to get state funds to help offset school tax increase

FREEPORT — State Education Commissioner Susan Gendron offered Pownal a one-time grant of $190,000 Thursday to help alleviate the town's increased tax burden as a result of its participation in Regional School Unit 5. According to a press release on the

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Friday, May 8, 2009 at 11:10 am
South Portland scrambles to close $690K budget gap; pay freezes, layoffs possible

SOUTH PORTLAND — A state law designed to give businesses tax relief has left the city struggling to fill a more than $690,000 hole in next year's budget. At a special workshop Wednesday evening, the City Council reviewed several options to close the projected revenue shortfall. T...

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Friday, May 8, 2009
New wind blowing: Scarborough tackles turbines, halts installation

SCARBOROUGH — A resident rushed to install a wind turbine this week even as his neighbors moved quickly to prevent it, all before the town could pass rules to govern the small wind-energy systems. Scott Doherty, of 12 Ferry Road, said he was shocked on Wednesday when the town told...

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Friday, May 8, 2009
South Portland environmentalists to oppose condo project

SOUTH PORTLAND — Environmentalists who came together to stop the development of Sawyer Marsh several years ago are getting back together in an effort to prevent development of a wooded parcel southeast of Wilkinson Woods. Residents Keith Bellas and Michelle Bennington are marshal...

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Friday, May 8, 2009
South Portland, college hope to mend Fort Preble, relationship

SOUTH PORTLAND — A group of history buffs from the public and private sectors have been brought together to figure out a way to preserve 200-year-old Fort Preble. The group not only serves a practical purpose, but also a symbolic one, since Southern Maine Community College and cit...

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Friday, May 8, 2009