Carol McCracken (Post # 2,476) Elves at the Maine Narrow Gauge Museum & Railroad are busy preparing for the annual Polar Express fundraiser – an event that has been part of the holidays on Munjoy Hill ever since the mini-railroad … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2015
UMaine Receives $3.7 Million to Advance Wind Power in Maine
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,475) Maine Aqua Ventus will be receiving $3.7 million in federal funds to further develop a floating offshore wind platform it has designed according to a joint press release from US Representatives Chellie Pingree and … Continue reading
Market Street Shooting This Morning With Non-life Threatening Injuries
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,474) On Monday morning, November 16, 2015 at 12:23 am., officers responded to the area of Market Street and Fore Street for reports of gun shots. Officers discovered a 22-year-old Westbrook man injured from an … Continue reading
“Joe’s” Closing Briefly for Apartment Construction; Reopening in Spring 2016
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,473) David and Michael Discatio, brothers and tri-owners, have announced that Joe’s Super Variety, will be closing briefly the end of this month – Sunday, November 29th to be precise. Construction of an 139-unit apartment … Continue reading
Water Taxi Found on Kennebunk Beach, Captain Believed Deceased
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,472) The 24-foot boat used by Adam Patterson, 30, an employee of the Portland Express Water Taxi was located early yesterday morning on Kennebunk Beach. Seriously damaged, there was no sign of Patterson in the … Continue reading
Search for Employee of Portland Express Water Taxi is Over
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,471) A search for an employee of the Portland Express Water Taxi has been suspended according to Jeff Nichols, of the Maine Marine Patrol, this morning. An aggressive search for Adam Patterson, 30, of Cape … Continue reading
Search Intensifies for Missing Employee of Portland Water Taxi Service
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,470) The Maine Marine Patrol has resumed the search for missing Captain Adam Patterson, Cape Elizabeth, today according to Jeff Nichols, of the US Maine Marine Patrol. Captain Patterson, 30, is an employee of the … Continue reading
Veterans Day Observance in Portland Today; Keynote Remarks by US Senator Angus King
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,469) The annual Veterans Day Observance will end with a wreath laying ceremony and speeches at City Hall at 11:00 am following the parade. Guest speakers include: Ernest Shorey, Andrews Post 17, American Legion, Master … Continue reading
A.G. Sues Protester at Portland Planned Parenthood Clinic
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,468) State Attorney General Janet Mills office has filed a lawsuit against Brian Ingalls, 26, for interfering with a patients’ right to receive “health services” or “to interfere with the safe and effective delivery of … Continue reading
RFP Sought for Fiber Optic for New Canco Road Facilities
By Carol McCracken (Post # 2,467) Portland has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking fiber optic connectivity to is new Canco Road facilities. The City maintains a fiber optic INET (institutional network), which provides connectivity to all City and … Continue reading