PORTLAND (AP) — A Portland waterfront restaurant expects to reopen on Saturday following a fire that caused least $50,000 in damage. Firefighters said Boone’s fish House Oyster Room was empty when firefighters responded at about 4 a.m. Wednesday and there are no reported injuries. Firefighters said they discovered the fire in the walls surrounding a […]
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LePage donor wins bid for new DHHS offices
AUGUSTA — A donor to Republican Gov. Paul LePage has been chosen by the state to develop and lease new state health department offices. Eric Cianchette’s company, ELC Management, was chosen among four bidders to build new Department of Health and Human Services offices in South Portland after the current offices’ lease in Portland expires next […]
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Maine pizza makers brace for sales boom starting Wednesday
PORTLAND — When people think of food on Thanksgiving week, they most likely first think of turkey, stuffing, squash and maybe pumpkin pie. But perhaps just as ubiquitous on dining tables across America this week are pizzas. While the day after Thanksgiving has earned the name “Black Friday” because of the mob scene at shopping […]
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Historic Portland school building project approved
PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Planning Board has approved plans to redevelop the historic Nathan Clifford Elementary School building into market-rate housing. No one at Tuesday night’s public hearing spoke against or in support of the reuse effort. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/18GCTjv) reported that Developers Collaborative of Portland plans to build 22 units in […]
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Cause of fire may remain a mystery
PORTLAND — More than two days after a blaze tore through a historic island fort, causing as much as $9 million in damage to a property in the process of becoming a luxury hotel, a state fire investigator said the building may not be stable enough for a full probe into the fire’s cause. Sgt. […]
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Portland landlord, mayor condemn decision to consolidate state offices in South Portland
PORTLAND — The owner of two Bayside buildings rejected for new state offices on Monday called the bidding process “a waste of time.” As a result of the state’s decision last month, Tom Toye stands to lose the Maine Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Services as tenants at 185 and 200 […]
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Fire causes as much as $9 million in damage to historic island fort building in Portland
PORTLAND — An early morning fire Saturday did between $5 million and $9 million worth of damage to a historic island fort property being renovated as a hotel. According to an announcement Saturday morning by Deputy Portland City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian, the Portland Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 18 McKinley Court on […]
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Portland police say panhandler attacked tourist
PORTLAND — A homeless man is facing an aggravated assault charge after he allegedly attacked a pedestrian who refused to give him money Monday, police said. Richard Sneddon, 45, is being held at the Cumberland County Jail and is expected to be arraigned Wednesday, Portland police Lt. James Sweatt said. A man from the United […]
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Federal judge hears testimony in Portland panhandling lawsuit
PORTLAND — A federal judge is hearing testimony as the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine challenges an ordinance banning panhandlers from standing in street medians in Portland. The ordinance was spurred by an upsurge in the number of homeless people looking for roadside handouts coupled with an increase in reports of near misses with […]
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Portland City Council approves abortion clinic buffer zone
PORTLAND — Despite a rare show of opposition, an ordinance enacted by the City Council on Monday means anti-abortion protesters now have to carry their picket signs 39 feet away from the entrances to the Planned Parenthood clinic at 443 Congress St. The ordinance, approved 9-0, creates a protest-free “buffer zone” around reproductive health care […]