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News in Scarborough/Cape Elizabeth

Fort Williams vendor license fails to attract interest

CAPE ELIZABETH — No one applied for the only available Fort Williams Park food vendor license before the deadline passed last week. The town hopes to find another ice cream vendor to replace Gorgeous Gelato, whose owners decided not to return after last year, leaving a vacancy in the...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 4:10 pm

Regional meeting identifies issues facing Casco Bay clammers

BRUNSWICK — Marine resource experts who discussed how to begin regional efforts to conserve the softshell clam said green crabs and nitrogen are the No. 1 enemy. Harvesters from Scarborough to Wiscasset attended the meeting the Casco Bay Marine Resource Summit on March 7 at the Bruns...

Dylan Martin • News •
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 11:50 am

Consensus reached on revised student restraint rules

PORTLAND — Even the staunchest opponents to revising Maine’s student restraint and seclusion laws are accepting proposed changes that would loosen the existing law. “Overall I am really pleased (with the changes),” said Deb Davis, a disability rights advocate w...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 10:50 am

People and Business

Good Deeds The Maine Red Claws and Unum joined with the Center for Grieving Children recently to announce a new program called Hoops for Hope. Through the Hoops for Hope program, individuals and corporations will be able to pledge a dollar amount for every free throw the M...

Community •
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Arts Calendar March 13-26

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 3/13 Marianne Boruch, 7 p.m., Woodbury Campus Center, University of...

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Community Calendar March 13-26

Greater Portland Benefits

Community •
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

High-speed toll lanes coming to Maine Turnpike

PORTLAND — Starting April 1, drivers won't have to slow down to pay their fare at the Maine Turnpike toll plaza in New Gloucester. The plaza will open two dedicated lanes, one in each direction of travel, that will allow drivers to pay using E-ZPass electronic toll collection devices...

News •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 3:20 pm

Out & About: Longfellow Chorus and 'Rite of Spring'

Southern Maine’s arts and entertainment machinery is certainly in high gear this week, with many great events competing for time and attention. Most significant is this weekend’s three-day Longfellow Chorus Festival, which includes a performance of the rarely heard “Hiawa...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 2:20 pm

The Universal Notebook: High and State, it's a 2-way street

Portland city officials are considering whether to return High Street and State Street, the one-way, up-and-over avenues across the downtown peninsula, to two-way traffic. I remember when they were designated one-way back in 1972. I was just out of college, just married, just started a new...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Policy Wonk: State of the state? Muddled

The possibilities for partisan gridlock in Augusta have seldom been greater, but lets begin on a positive note. Gov. Paul LePage is right when he calls for hospital Medicaid debt to be paid. Historically, each year’s Medicaid obligation was paid in full. The LePage administration has...

Orlando Delogu • Opinion •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 12:00 pm
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