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After decades of public debate, the town of Brunswick and a South Portland contractor expect to sign a $9.15 million agreement as soon as Wednesday to break ground on what could be one of the largest fire stations in Maine. The 26,000-square-foot, seven-bay facility would be built by Ledgewood Construction, if the Brunswick Town Council green-lights the contract in a meeting Tuesday evening. Ledgewood submitted the low bid in a competitive procurement that drew proposals from 10 Maine construct...

QUINCY – Some presidents were born here. Others dropped by for a visit. The nations second and sixth presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, were born in houses on Franklin Street, back when the city was part of Braintree. The nations 41st president, George H.W. Bush, was born in a house at 173 Adams St. in Milton and lived there for a few months before his family moved to Connecticut. He returned in 1997 to dedicate a marker that still stands outside the house. At least five other ...

Tap Lines: What Maine beer pros are drinking now, from their breweries and others The people running some of Maines biggest breweries offer their recommendations. By Catie Joyce-Bulay Photo courtesy of Allagash Brewing Co. With so many Maine beers to choose from, it can be hard to decide what to try next, so who better to look to for a recommendation than the people running Maine’s breweries? We asked the brewers and presidents at some of the state’s biggest breweries what they’re drink...

Letter to the editor: South Portland tank farm emissions need closer scrutiny Share I live a few miles away from several so-called tank farms. In South Portland, they populate many acres of once-beautiful land, including shorefront property. Global Partners even has a beach along the Fore River. But to walk near these farms is to inhale thick fumes that can make you literally gasp for breath. While the toxic smells thin out as you walk away from the sites, they do not disappear. Once, while wal...

Read Article Riding a fat-tire bike at Range Pond State Park in Poland is one way to get outside this winter. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal The pandemic hasn’t been unable to shut down Maine’s great outdoors. So as long as there is snow on the ground and temperatures cold enough to freeze water, you’ll be able to find something to do in the next couple of months. Not every winter outdoor recreation business is open, and some might have restrictions on crowd sizes or other safety guidelin...

Portland police say 19-year-old Travis Vo is a suspect in the December robbery of the Cumberland Farms convenience store on Pine Street, as well as other crimes.

WEYMOUTH — The natural gas compressor station on the banks of the Fore River is expected to go back online soon, about four months after two emergency shutdowns at the plant. Max Bergeron, a spokesman for the Canadian company that built the compressor station, said in an email Friday, Jan. 22 that the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has approved the station going into full service. Bergeron said the station would “methodically be placed in service” with ov...

After years of protests, a glimmer of hope for opponents to the Weymouth gas compressor By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated January 19, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Email to a Friend The Weymouth Compressor StationJohn Tlumacki/Globe Staff After years of protests, residents opposing a controversial natural gas compressor station in Weymouth received a glimmer of hope Tuesday that federal regulators might reconsider last fall’s decision to allow the plant to operate. In a vote by the Federal Energy Regula...

Stay warm with a cold one at these Maine breweries Ten breweries with the best outdoor seating areas for winter. By Catie Joyce-Bulay Photo courtesy of Rising Tide Brewing Co. Enjoying a beer outside in Maine has typically been an activity reserved for the warmer months, but with breweries upgrading their outdoor seating areas during the pandemic, now winter is included. The state has not allowed tasting rooms to reopen indoors since the start of the pandemic, but many breweries have kept the...

Petition for electric compressor station motor rejected WEYMOUTH — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection denied a citizens group petition to have an electric powered turbine at a compressor station in the Fore River Basin. DEP presiding officer Jane Rothchild said federal regulations dont support a "wholesale replacement" of the gas turbine by Algonquin Gas Transmission, the Enbridge subsidiary that runs the compressor station.  “A preponderance of the evidence demo...