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  • 6 Maine companies earn annual Family Business awards

    BRUNSWICK — The Institute for Family-Owned Business, in partnership with the law firm Verrill Dana, announced winners of the annual Maine Family Business Awards on May 13 at the Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland. The event was hosted by WGME-TV co-anchor Gregg Lagerquist,...

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    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 3:20 pm

  • Shellfish industry pins hope on Freeport research

    FREEPORT — Following a recent Town Council appropriation, the town's shellfish community has started what is being called a "historic" effort to address the rapid disappearance of soft-shell clams. The effort is the first comprehensive, large-scale research project in Maine to study ...

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    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 2:20 pm
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  • Broadway water main to be replaced in South Portland

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Portland Water District will begin replacing 1,500 feet of a 12-inch water main next Monday on a stretch of Broadway between Dawson and Hobart streets. The affected area is in the western side of the city near Wescott Road. Spokeswoman Michelle Clements said crews wi...

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    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 3:30 pm

  • Falmouth finalizes funding plan for Route 1 makeover

    FALMOUTH — The Town Council finalized several referendum questions Monday night and heard public comment on the zoning portion of the Route 1 improvement plan. Because the town received final approval on a tax increment financing extension for the Route 1 infrastructure improvem...

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    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 2:10 pm

  • Maine Audubon seeks frog trackers

    FALMOUTH — Maine Audubon Society is looking for help tracking amphibians across the state this spring. Susan Gallo, wildlife biologist for the organization, said the 17-year-old Lend an Ear prog...

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    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 1:50 pm

  • 'Events center' latest proposal for Portland's Congress Square Plaza

    PORTLAND — After several attempts to determine the space's fate – and as renovations continue on the neighboring Eastland Park Hotel – a City Council committee is scheduled again Wednesday to take up the future of Congress Square Plaza. The plaza was to be the s...

    William Hall • News •
    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 1:30 pm

  • Portland's East Bayside on a roll: Bagel shop, others see growing appeal

    PORTLAND — Sandwiched between the heights of Munjoy Hill and potentially lofty towers of the proposed Midtown development in Bayside, the East Bayside neighborhood is seeing a small but steady influx of new residents and businesses. One of the newest is Union Bagel Co., which is now ...

    William Hall • News •
    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 12:40 pm

  • Police arrest South Portland bank robbery suspect

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Joseph Morrill, 23, of South Portland, was arrested Monday night and charged with Class A robbery in connection with an armed robbery earlier in the day of the TD Bank at 9 Market St. Police Sgt. Steven Webster said Morrill was arrested at 231 Broadway at 10:50 p.m.

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    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 12:10 pm

  • Portland City Council OKs zoning change for Bayside towers

    PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday unanimously approved zoning changes that will allow plans for a complex of high-rise apartment towers, parking garages and retail shops to move forward. The "Midtown" project, being proposed by Miami-based Federated Cos., would construct four 165...

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    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 11:20 am

  • Turn in expired prescriptions on Saturday

    SCARBOROUGH — Residents of Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and South Portland are invited to drop off unwanted and expired prescription medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, as part of the National Prescription Drug Take-Back. Coordinated by the federal Drug Enforce...

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    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 11:20 am
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