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Freeport Town Council OKs use of eminent domain for train station access

FREEPORT — The town is now authorized to use eminent domain to create an easement to its new passenger rail station. With negotiations for acquisition of the small strip of property continuing, whether the town will actually use the land-taking tool remains to be seen. A unani...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 8:50 am

People and Business

Appointments Junior Achievement of Maine recently announced the election of the following officers for the Board of Directors: Chairman of the Board Darren J. Hurlburt, Vice Chairman of the Board Guy Langeviny, Past Chairm...

Community •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

John T. Beking, 90: Military man and jokester

PORTLAND — John T. Beking, 90, died Sept. 13 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough following a battle with cancer. He was born on July 21, 1922, in South Portland, a son of William E. and Mary E. (Kerns) Beking.   Beking went to Portland High School, where he exc...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Portland School Notebook

Longfellow Elementary School launches 'lunch buddies' program Longfellow Elementary School in Portland recently began a lunch buddy program that will match kindergarten students with fifth graders. Fifth graders will teach the younger children how to navigate t...

Community •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Portland food truck era begins with cupcakes; will it end there, too?

PORTLAND — A month after regulations began allowing food trucks to operate in Portland, the city's first licensed mobile food vendor planned to open for business Wednesday. Love Cupcakes will sell its gourmet treats from a renovated, 1960s-vintage travel-trailer on a small, privately...

William Hall • News •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Arts Calendar: Sept. 19-30

Greater Portland Auditions/call for art Yarmouth Art Festival accepting entries through Sept. 21. Painting, sculpture, photography, etching and digital media; from any artist 18 and older who maintains a residence in Maine. $15 per ...

Lifestyle •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

King cites $900M tax-break program as a job creator

HALLOWELL — The No. 1 issue on voters’ minds this year is jobs.

John Christie and Naomi Schalit, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting • News •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Portland Meetings: Sept. 19-25

Wed.    9/19    4 p.m.    Island Advisory    Ferry Terminal

Community •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Community Calendar: Sept. 19-30

Greater Portland Benefits Beards B-cause, participants grow beards from September to March to benefit the Cancer Community Center, visit MyStacheFightsCancer.com, beardsbcause@gmail.com.  Coffee by Design

Community •
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Snow removal rules back before Portland City Council

PORTLAND — At its meeting Wednesday night, the City Council will tackle snow removal requirements and changes in an agreement to sell a Bayside property to a private developer. Among the agenda items is a proposed amendment to the city code, defining exceptions to the requirement tha...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 12:50 pm
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