PORTLAND — City officials notified Occupy Maine on Thursday that its encampment in Lincoln Park must be removed by noon on Monday unless the protest group, as it has promised, files a federal lawsuit against the city before then.
Kelley Bouchard
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Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Bird enthusiasts begim annual Audobon Christmas bird count
Today through Jan. 5, bird enthusiasts across North America and beyond will participate in the National Audubon Society’s 112th annual Christmas bird count.
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Ground broken for South Berwick Roman Catholic Church
SOUTH BERWICK — Shiny shovels tore into damp gravel Wednesday afternoon, breaking ground for a new Roman Catholic church and raising hope for the vitality of the faith in Maine.
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Group bringing back historical property’s lost privy
FREEPORT — There was a time when every backyard in Maine had a privy.
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Sex parties cause banquet hall patrons to flee
Organizers of a Nov. 5 benefit dance in Sanford fear that the hall’s operators may lose their liquor and business licenses when the Town Council reviews them on Tuesday.
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Sanford caterer to stop hosting sex parties
SANFORD — A caterer at a local banquet hall has promised to stop hosting monthly sex parties that have shocked townspeople and jeopardized the company’s operating licenses.
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Sanford orders caterer to stopsex parties at banquet hall
Undercover police witnessed about 40 people openly engaged in various sexual acts at Mousam View Place on Oct. 15. The monthly parties started a few months ago and were scheduled to run through December.
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Yarmouth teacher wins$25,000 Milken award
Morgan Cuthbert grew up in Brunswick and lives in Freeport.
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1990 Honda Accord hits million-mile mark
SACO — Joe LoCicero’s 1990 Honda Accord slipped into a parking spot in front of City Hall with its engine purring, much as it did two decades ago after it rolled off the assembly line in Marysville, Ohio.
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Fire rips through Steak ‘n’ Rib Restaurant
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating.