PORTLAND — Beginning next week, the nonprofit social services provider Preble Street will begin scaling back hours at its busy day shelter, a move that worries some in the homeless community and in the surrounding Bayside neighborhood. Preble Street says the decision is driven by financial pressures. It comes as neighbors say they are making hard-earned […]
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Portland lobster business gets green light for new HQ, major expansion in Saco
SACO — Ready Seafood has nabbed the last local permit it needs to build a $10 million lobster processing, storage and research center in Saco. On Monday, the city’s planning board unanimously approved Ready’s plan to build a 64,000-square-foot facility on a 40-acre lot at 1016 Route 1. When building is done in 12 to 14 […]
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‘World’s largest’ Maine Italian to be made in Monument Square Thursday
PORTLAND — If you’re a fan of the Maine Italian, head to Monument Square Thursday to get a bite of what is being billed as the World’s Largest Maine Italian Sandwich. At least eight local sandwich shops plan to meet there at 11 a.m. Each will construct 16 feet of its own signature Maine Italian. […]
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Dealers say China inflating lobster prices
SUGGESTED PULLQUOTE: “The tariff is bad enough, but to use the hard-shell price on a firm-shell order to drive it up higher, that’s salt on the wound.” — Stephanie Nadeau, The Lobster Co., Arundel Maine lobster dealers say China is improperly inflating the market price of lobster to increase its punitive tariffs on U.S. live […]
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Timothy S. Cloutier
LISBON — Timothy Cloutier joined his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Heaven on Saturday, Sept. 15. He was born in Portland on Oct. 27, 1961. He attended Westbrook High School and graduated in 1980. He enlisted in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer in January 1981. He was stationed in Georgia, Kansas, Missouri […]
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Last nuns at Portland monestary moving to N.H.
The last two nuns in a cloistered Catholic community in Portland are moving out of Maine. Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood has been in a monastery on State Street near Longfellow Square since 1934. The monastery originally housed 14 nuns, living in silence and prayer away from the world. But the Roman Catholic Diocese […]
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Safety procedures reviewed in wake of Mass. explosions
Maine public safety officials and natural gas companies said they will be reviewing safety measures in the wake of the series of explosions in Massachusetts that destroyed dozens of homes, killed one person and injured at least 25 others on Thursday. Early indications are that the lines were over-pressurized, forcing gas into homes and other […]
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Patrick S. Hunnewell
PORTLAND — Patrick S. Hunnewell, 58, of Durham peacefully passed away Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Maine Medical Center, with his loving family by his side. He was born in Lewiston on Dec. 22, 1959, a son of Franklin and Cynthia (Bowie) Hunnewell. He grew up in the Durham area and attended local schools, along with being […]
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Shane Michael Cheetham
PORTLAND — On Tuesday, Aug. 28, Shane Michael Cheetham, 43, was freed from this earth to roam the woods whenever he pleases. Shane was born June 12, 1975, in Lewiston to Michael and Marianne Pouzol Cheetham. He graduated from Lisbon High School in 1993, and raised daughters Ashley and Shana Cheetham with his best friend, Patricia […]
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Cruise ship Oceania Insignia docks in Portland to avoid hurricane
PORTLAND (AP) — A cruise ship originally bound for Bermuda has docked in Maine to avoid the oncoming Hurricane Florence due to make landfall this week. Portland city officials say the vessel docked Monday after being forced to change course due to the hurricane. Passengers of the Oceania cruise line ship “Insignia” say they are […]