The blaze at Mill Cove Apartments on Soule Street is not believed to be suspicious.
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Commentary: Proposed Maine local option tax would be a losing proposition
Border-county businesses would forfeit sales, and taxpayers in most of the state’s municipalities would see little benefit.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Boeing, Boeing, gone? Aviation giant sweating out aftermath of 737 Max
After crashes that killed 346 people, Congress shouldn’t return the plane to the sky unless it is safe and its pilots are properly trained.
Posted inBusiness
Clark’s Pond Parkway retail center in South Portland is up for sale
The 62,000-square-foot center has been listed with an asking price of $7.2 million.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Avesta aims to expand affordable housing project in South Portland
The second phase of an innovative project would help fulfill the city’s planning goals for the West End, but barely dent the growing need for affordable housing statewide.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
MaineHousing gives 5 affordable housing projects a $6.8 million boost
Projects in Portland, South Portland, Waterville and Bangor will create or preserve 275 affordable housing units, says the housing authority.
Posted inLocal & State, News
As South Portland’s new mayor, Kate Lewis plans to build relationships, make a difference
After two years on the City Council, Lewis says, ‘We’re all pulling on the same oars … we’re all heading in the same general direction.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
The race is on for recreational marijuana licenses in Maine
The state will publish application forms this week; on the municipal level, the process is already well underway.
Posted inCommunity
Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers seeks Christmas Program donations
WATERVILLE — The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers is in urgent need of donations for its Christmas Program to help support more than 1,700 children throughout the state of Maine. Each year, the Christmas Program at the Maine Children’s Home distributes boxes of gifts and clothing to more than 1,700 children who are financially […]
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Early findings prompt DEP to study South Portland’s air quality more closely
Maine’s environmental agency plans a first-of-its-kind community air monitoring program to identify point-in-time pollution sources.