Brunswick’s economic development director hopes that with new businesses moving in and infrastructure improvements, the town can combat “disinvestment” in the commercial service district.
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Big project to improve traffic around Scarborough Downs and beyond
The $13.5 million project will cover more than 30 intersections throughout Scarborough and even into South Portland.
Support mounting for rail trail expansion to New Hampshire
A proposed bill calls for a feasibility study to look into the potential of expanding the Mountain Division Rail Trail from Standish to Fryeburg.
Portland author explores lore of Bigfoot in Maine
A book, written by Michelle Souliere, includes first-person accounts from those who say they have seen the cryptid in Maine.
Rides of Silence to memorialize bicycle, pedestrian fatalities
Group rides will be held next week in seven communities across Maine.
Maine Guide celebrates four seasons of sporting adventures
Tom Roth’s “A Sporting Year in Maine” is a month-by-month journey in the year of a Maine outdoorsman, who counts Sebago Lake as one of his favorite fishing spots.
Prospective developers outline visions for Portland homeless services center
One of the proposals urges the city to rethink its plans for the Riverside Street site.
State watching rabies attacks, new strain potential issue
A recent spree of attacks in Topsham points to a potential cluster of rabies, but not more rabies in the state, experts say.
Citizen scientists needed to find some big aquatic bugs
The Stream Explorer Program will be chronicling aquatic insects in streams around Sebago Lake and southern Maine May through October.
‘Life-changing’ autism center for adults closes in on funding goal
The Maine Behavioral Healthcare center will provide crucial services to adults and to children under 5.