Richie Thurston sorts lobsters while processing orders for local restaurants at The Lobster Co. in Arundel on July 27. Last summer, The Lobster Co. was exporting $100,000 of lobsters a day to China, but with new tariffs placed on U.S. lobster imports to China, owner Stephanie Nadeau said exports to that country have completely dried […]
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Randall Jon Labbe
PORTLAND — Randall Jon Labbe, 66, a resident Livermore Falls, went to join his beloved wife, Carol, on Friday, Sept. 7, at Maine Medical Center, due to complications following heart surgery. He was born Sept. 6, 1952 in Lewiston, the son of Lawrence Fournier and Beryl (Buck) Labbe Grafton. On May 26, 1973, he married Carol […]
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Owner of ship agrees to pay $3.2M fine, but may go to trial anyway
When the MV Marguerita arrived in Portland Harbor on July 7, 2017, the U.S. Coast Guard was ready for it. Court documents show a Coast Guard inspector boarded the 606-foot cargo ship that same day and found evidence of what had already been reported to American officials. His inspection report states that the crew on […]
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Construction to disrupt Amtrak Downeaster schedule for weeks
Railroad construction in Southern Maine and New Hampshire will disrupt passenger rail service from the Amtrak Downeaster starting this weekend through early October. Weekday service between Brunswick and Dover, New Hampshire, will be limited and passengers on most of the line should expect to take part of their trip by bus, said Patricia Quinn, executive […]
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MTA approves $140M plan to widen 5 miles of highway in Portland area
The Maine Turnpike Authority will move quickly to widen part of the four-lane highway in the Portland area. The authority’s board of directors on Thursday approved a scaled-back plan to add a travel lane in each direction to about 5 miles of the turnpike, which is Interstate 95, from Scarborough to about a mile beyond […]
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Stormy Daniels performs in Portland
Historians might remember Stormy Daniels most for her role in a still-unfolding presidential scandal. But it’s unlikely many patrons at PT’s Showclub were arguing politics when the adult film actress took the stage Wednesday night. A little after 10 p.m., an announcer who spent more than half an hour pumping up the crowd finally said, “Let me […]
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Jennifer Lynn Haley
PORTLAND — Jennifer Lynn Haley, born Jan. 11, 1989, passed away Sunday, Sept. 2. Jennifer was curious and creative with a contagious high energy. She knew how to play with free abandon. She was eager to know how things and how people ticked. She loved nature, the night sky, animals and children. She was curious about […]
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Winter is coming; plow drivers are training
PORTLAND — It was hot, the last Thursday in August. As Wayside Road area residents walked their dogs, they couldn’t believe what they saw. A Portland Public Works plow truck came rumbling by, full blades out, the familiar thundering sound a plow truck makes when snow is pushed during a winter storm. But there was […]
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Portland school officials to consider closures, redistricting for cost savings
The Portland School District is launching a major review of facilities that may propose school closures or redistricting as a way to reduce costs, after the latest bruising school budget season. The fast-tracked plan, due in January, is intended to give district and city officials more options financially when the next school budget cycle starts […]
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Maine Jewish Hall of Fame inducting 16 members
PORTLAND — Maine’s newest hall of fame is going to need a lot of space. On Oct. 7 at 3 p.m., the Maine Jewish Hall of Fame will induct its inaugural group of 16 members in a ceremony at the Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. “We wanted people who focused their lives on making […]