PORTLAND — In the latest twist in what has been a short — but heated — rivalry between two alternative weekly newspapers in Maine’s largest city, the Portland Phoenix has purchased and discontinued Dig Portland. Officials with the two newspapers announced the deal jointly around midday Monday. “It was unfortunate timing that we both started […]
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Pleasant Lake Dam bids to be reviewed
OTISFIELD — Selectmen in Otisfield and Casco will meet next week to review engineering consulting bids for rehabilitating the Pleasant Lake Dam in Casco. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Casco Town Office on Route 121. Otisfield Selectman Rick Micklon said Monday that the board will recommend to Casco […]
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Portland composter eyes Twin Cities with new Auburn location
AUBURN — A Portland-based food-waste composter hopes to expand its business to the Twin Cities now that the company has moved part of its operation to Auburn. Brett Richardson, general manager at We Compost It, said the company already has agreements to begin collecting scraps from St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and Rails restaurant in […]
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Auburn insurance company relocating to Portland
PORTLAND — The Portland City Council on Monday night agreed to a deal that will allow Auburn-based Patrons Oxford Insurance Co. to relocate to Maine’s largest city. The agreement represents a milestone as the long-awaited first tenant of the much ballyhooed Portland Technology Park, touted at its opening in September 2013 as a key capacity […]
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Portland fire victim’s family faces obstacles beyond finances
PORTLAND — Ashley Summers wears her husband’s identification badge from his job at Boston Financial. “I feel like I have him right with me,” she said Dec. 23 as she talked about a new fundraising website to assist her family after the death of Steven Summers on Nov. 4. Summers died from burns he received […]
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Publisher to close Portland Daily Sun
PORTLAND — Portland Daily Sun publisher Mark Guerringue confirmed Friday that the free newspaper will publish its final edition on Dec. 23. The paper’s two full-time staff members will move to the Portland Phoenix, which The Sun Newspapers Group, parent company of the Daily Sun, acquired in November. Guerringue, who was co-founder of three free […]
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As Muslims flee to Maine, she interprets their pain
PORTLAND — Qamar Ahmed looks into the eyes of her client, a mother of five whose years in Baghdad haunt her sleep. She holds the woman’s shoulder and speaks softly in Arabic as the two wait for an appointment at the Spurwink Psychiatric Clinic in downtown Portland, Maine. Ahmed, 31, is a professional interpreter, an […]
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Portland, Westbrook ask judge to make state pay overdue GA reimbursements
AUGUSTA — The cities of Portland and Westbrook are asking a Superior Court judge to make the state pay more than $1.2 million worth of reimbursements for General Assistance spending while the cities challenge the state’s decree that such aid not be given to some immigrants. The two cities, along with the Maine Municipal Association, […]
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ATF using computer model to find cause in fatal Portland fire
PORTLAND (AP) — Scientists with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are using a computer model to re-create the conditions of an apartment fire that killed six people in Portland in November. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1GLfGd2 ) reported that the computer model could provide answers about how the fire started, why it […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Bigfoot, ghosts, a lake monster — 2014 had plenty of weird
On the strange scale, Maine rarely disappoints. As 2014 winds down, we revisit Weird, Wicked Weirds for the latest developments, including a new hunt for a popular medium who may have been buried alive here in 1882. A possible government-sponsored quest for a lake monster in Iceland. And more searching for things that go bump […]