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Plan for Portland-Auburn commuter train gets ‘game changer’ grant

PORTLAND, Maine — A long envisioned passenger rail service connecting Portland with Auburn took another important step forward Thursday as a national Realtors group announced it has awarded a grant to study, in part, new ways to fund the 29-mile public transit line. The promise of a ...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 10:36 am
Maine entrepreneurs take a lesson from Google

PORTLAND — C.H. Becksvoort, a maker of fine furniture in New Gloucester, is on the Web, but not enough potential customers are finding their way to the site. So Peg Becksvoort spent Friday morning with some experts in se...

Matt Wickenheiser, Bangor Daily News • News •
Friday, July 27, 2012 at 3:24 pm

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p-superintendent-123108 Panel narrows school superintendent choices to 3 Candidates to visit Portland in January

PORTLAND — Three candidates competing to be the next superintendent of schools will visit the city for two days in January for a second round of interviews and to explore the community.

Randy Billings • News •
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 9:48 am
Schools eye teachers contract, athletics for savings

PORTLAND — Faced with a nearly $2 million curtailment of state education funds, the School Committee is balancing a need to act quickly with its responsibility to allow time for public discourse on several proposed spending cuts.

Randy Billings • News •
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 10:40 am
Old Port shops feel recession's impact

PORTLAND — As the holidays draw near, Old Port merchants are offering deep discounts in an attempt to draw reluctant shoppers to the city's boutique district. But at some stores, the sales are final. This holiday shopping season marks the end of business for them and several othe...

Kate Bucklin • News •
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 11:17 am
Storm cleanup continues as city braces for snow

PORTLAND — While city crews continue to remove tree limbs and debris left on streets and city property by last week's ice storm, Public Services employees are gearing up for more winter weather.

Kate Bucklin • News •
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 10:03 am

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