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Unsung Hero: Nathan Smith, community advocate

PORTLAND — The city's emergence over the last 25 years as one of the nation’s most vibrant and livable cities is no accident. Visionary leaders saw what needed to be done, and they did it. Nathan Smith, a commercial real estate attorney at Bernstein Shur, has been such a leader...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 12:20 pm
Portland jetport prepares for the worst

Emergency responders from Portland, South Portland and Gorham attend to "victims" – each with unique injuries and physical conditions – in the triage area of a disaster drill on Saturday at Portland International Jetport. The exercise also included emergency crews from Cumberland...

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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:30 am

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South Portland woman charged with victimizing elderly

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 11:40 am
Healey, Martin get Scarborough posts

SCARBOROUGH — Two appointments were made this month to fill town and agency positions previously held by long-tenured officials. Karen Martin, the acting executive director of the Scarborough Economic Development Corp., was appointed to the position permanently last week. On W...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 11:20 am
Scarborough, South Portland 'pilot communities' eyed for sustainable growth

SCARBOROUGH — Dunstan Corner and Mill Creek in South Portland are about 10 miles apart, but clearly in the view of Sustain Southern Maine, a regional planning effort seeking to strengthen neig...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 11:10 am
Town Council votes against mini-golf in Cape Elizabeth

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council narrowly defeated sending the Planning Board a proposal to allow miniature golf as a permitted use in the town's Business A zoning district. The 4-3 decision on Monday put the brakes on a plan by resident Carl Dittrich to build a nine-hole...

Noah Hurowitz • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:30 am
Scarborough Downs gambles again on racino at heart of new town center

SCARBOROUGH — If Scarborough Downs has its way, residents will be voting again on whether to allow a racino in town. The Planning Board now has the language and maps necessary to rezone more than 450 acres owned by Scarborough Downs, passed along after a 6-0 Town Council vote Wednesd...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:20 am
Arbitrator reinstates Cumberland County sheriff's detective who filed whistleblower lawsuit

SOUTH PORTLAND — An independent arbitrator has reinstated Gerard Brady, a city resident and deputy with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, as a detective in the department. Brady filed a union grievance against Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce, and a

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:50 am
Topsham voters waste no time approving municipal budget

TOPSHAM — Voters approved an $8.5 million fiscal 2014 municipal budget at Town Meeting Wednesday evening. The meeting at Mt. Ararat High School drew 88 registered voters, who approved 22 warrant articles in less than an hour. The budget, endorsed by both the Board of Selectmen and Fi...

Alex Lear • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:10 am
Brunswick budget cuts remain a moving target

BRUNSWICK — Some town councilors would be willing to accept budget cuts to reduce next year's tax hike to just under 7 percent, but the council did not take any solid direction at two recent budget workshops. With a May 23 deadline less than a week away to adopt a combined town,...

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:00 am

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Unsung Hero: Nathan Smith, community advocate

Portland jetport prepares for the worst

South Portland woman charged with victimizing elderly

Healey, Martin get Scarborough posts

Scarborough, South Portland 'pilot communities' eyed for sustainable growth

Town Council votes against mini-golf in Cape Elizabeth

Scarborough Downs gambles again on racino at heart of new town center

Arbitrator reinstates Cumberland County sheriff's detective who filed whistleblower lawsuit

Topsham voters waste no time approving municipal budget

Brunswick budget cuts remain a moving target

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