PORTLAND — Jay Lombard was a soda junkie with a thirst for something healthier. Overweight, inactive and living in New York, he was horrified by the ingredients in commercial soda. The avowed root beer lover bought a seltzer machine to make his own. But the flavor packets they sent him were even worse. Riddled, he […]
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union plans to add pot awareness to crusade
PORTLAND — The mansion that serves as Maine headquarters of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union lay largely fallow until recently, with drug needles, liquor bottles and pornographic magazines littering the grounds. Now, in the state where Prohibition had its roots and in a city that just legalized recreational marijuana, the WCTU is overhauling the building […]
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Maine creates office to coordinate North Atlantic trade opportunities
PORTLAND — The Maine International Trade Center on Friday announced the creation of a new office to focus state efforts on boosting international trade opportunities in the North Atlantic region for Maine businesses. The Maine North Atlantic Development Office will be housed in the trade center’s Portland office and build on the momentum created in […]
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Portland lawmakers, advocates oppose DHHS office move
PORTLAND — More than a dozen state legislators, city officials and community leaders gathered Tuesday morning and called on Gov. Paul LePage to change the state’s decision to move two social service offices from Bayside to South Portland. In October, the state awarded a contract to consolidate the office of the Department of Health and […]
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Masked man enters Portland liquor store brandishing a rifle
PORTLAND — Portland police are on the lookout for a man they say brought a rifle into a Forest Avenue liquor store, announced that the weapon was loaded and then fled without making any demands. According to a news release issued Monday by Portland police Lt. James Sweatt, the incident occurred on Friday at about […]
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Portland waterfront restaurant hit by fire
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. […]