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Central Maine Power has filed its 5-year infrastructure plan, which includes rate changes that would increase an average Maine household's monthly bill by about $17 next year. While state officials have condemned the proposal, CMP argues it's necessary to ensure reliability.
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CMP bills could rise up to $35 per month under 5-year plan
But the utility says those distribution cost increases will come around the same time that other, temporary charges expire, so the actual change in customers' bills could be much less.
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/16/cmp-bills-could-rise-up-to-35-per-month-under-new-5-year-plan/
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Renys Department Store will close its downtown Portland location sometime in the next year, though the company has not settled on an exact date. Their lease ends in April.
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Renys Department Store to close downtown Portland location
The company said it will not renew its lease in April and does not have plans to open a new location in the city.
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/06/11/renys-department-store-to-close-portland-location/
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Having received none of its federal funding for this fiscal year, the Maine Historic Preservation Commission has cancelled grants and fears potential layoffs. The at-risk positions are responsible for helping local developers secure essential tax credits on historic rehabilitation projects.
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Maine preservation commission cancels grants, layoffs loom without without federal funding
The commission canceled more than half a dozen grants to preservation organizations in Maine in hopes of avoiding laying off half its staff.
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/05/16/delayed-federal-funding-forces-maine-preservation-commission-to-cancel-grants/
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The federally owned Custom House in downtown Portland may soon be offered for sale to the private sector. It's one of hundreds of federal properties listed for "disposal" in an announcement Tuesday.
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Federal government announces plan to sell some buildings in Maine
A list of more than 300 'non-core' properties slated to be sold includes the US Custom House in Portland and 3 other federal properties across the state.
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/04/federal-government-announces-plan-to-sell-some-buildings-in-maine/
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Aldi has signed a lease in the former Big Lots site in Portland, though it's not clear when a store may open. It would be the first in Maine.
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Aldi supermarket chain signs lease in Portland at former Big Lots site
The German company, which currently has no Maine stores, signed a lease in the Pine Tree Shopping Center on Brighton Avenue in Portland.
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/02/05/supermarket-chain-aldi-to-come-to-portland-at-former-big-lots-site/
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People kept telling me Portland's tree this year looked "a little Charlie Brown-y."
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After all the pre-lighting criticism, Portland tree-lighting dazzles the crowd
For more than a week, complaints have been circulating that this year's tree is thinner and scragglier than usual. But as the lights flashed on, precisely at 4:30 p.m. Friday, a crowd of hundreds chee...
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/11/29/amid-all-the-pre-lighting-criticism-portland-tree-lighting-dazzles-the-crowd/
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The Cape Elizabeth Planning Board unanimously approved a new site plan for the Cookie Jar Tuesday night, allowing the bakery’s front parking spaces to remain in use without officially recognizing them.
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Cape Elizabeth OKs new Cookie Jar site plan, leaves front parking untouched
Under the new site plan, the parking spaces along the building's Shore Road facade are listed as 'existing casual parking' but are not delineated. Planning Board members said that should preserve the ...
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/11/19/cape-elizabeth-planning-board-oks-new-cookie-jar-site-plan-leaves-front-parking-untouched/?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=blueSky
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News Center Maine's marketing department is facing layoffs as the station's parent company, Tegna, moves to consolidate its national marketing operations. It's not yet clear how many employees are impacted.
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News Center Maine parent company announces marketing layoffs
It's not clear how many positions will be terminated, but the layoffs are part of a restructuring by the station's national parent company, Tegna.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/11/20/news-center-maine-parent-company-announces-marketing-layoffs/
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