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I'm not sure that Portland needs two med schools (UNE COM moving to the Westbrook College campus next year... I need to take a new photo.) Orono / Bangor with partnership with EMMC is a much better choice.

I didn't notice the 2010 date at first and was thinking "$75 million for a small gate seating area and an expanded jetway?"

I was looking more at the gate-number signage and flooring that doesn't look like it was brought over second-hand from a dying Ames, but okay :) .

Photo 3: Highlight the part that looks like a modern terminal! :)

Actually, having grown up near the Fore River and thinking of the extensive mudflats, I wonder if a hovercraft might not be a better choice than a DUCW. It would have to have wheels to operate in mixed traffic, but it would be a more-impressive way to cross the river, and it would work at low...

You wouldn't even need to go to the expense of a bridge or tunnel; build an access road and boat launch down from where the old weather radar was, connect to Yellow Bird Road, add enough security fencing and use an accessible Duck Boat as a ferry direct from the PTC to the terminal!

Around 2010, they had big plans to build a new station on Commercial St. BUT THEN, the original Thompson's Point proposal happened, which was going to include a parking garage and a new arena for the then-Red Claws (now the Maine Celtics). With those draws on-site (including the parking garage)...

I watched the original public hearing when they unveiled the three proposed sites, and it seemed obvious at the time that Site 3 was preferred. The fact that they want to keep the maintenance facility on Thompson's Point pretty much nails it. I am sure that the Ferguson site and the crappy...

The Press Herald story: https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/12/maine-public-to-move-portland-studio-build-event-space-at-old-public-market/ I pulled together a quick timeline from the Portland Assessor database: 10/25/2019: Auto Europe sells the Galt Block (listed by the city as 29 Commercial...

Similar from GSV 2007...

Michael!

I wondered if I had seen you, but I was hurrying to get to the game, and wouldn't have bothered you anyway. Glad it's on track!

I was at the Sea Dogs game today, and while walking to and from my car, I saw some equipment in place at Fitzpatrick and signs of survey work going on. Not much yet (there was actually a game or practice going on on the field) but it appears that things are stirring.

They already serve TPA and they're adding SRQ???? I realize the Sunshine Skyway Bridge is the stuff nightmares are made of, but (I just measured) those two are only 40 miles apart. And then it's 77 miles (as the crow flies) from there to Fort Myers which they also serve. I can only imagine it's...

I am trying to figure out if the new license plates are going to have a white background or are they going to be a matching shade of "buff" (aka beige-ish). It's unfortunate that the plate design had to be finalized before the flag design was picked; I'd have preferred that they match. There's...

I also remember the Dropkick Murphys getting the key to the city and thinking it was cool until they found out Barenaked Ladies had also gotten one. I wonder if the actual Key to the City they give out is still a bottle opener.

I like it, and am voting in favor of the change. It is nostalgic; I recall seeing the original flying from the Cumberland County Courthouse when I was a small child and Portlander took me for a spin in the Model T just after he got his license ;) .

That first one (York St.) is the place that used to be Baxter Academy, and before that MediaPower / Dr. Germs, etc., isn't it? The Docents Collection seems like "we're rolling our own AirBnB"

One if not both of those first two roof decks were originally anticipated to be outdoor seating for a restaurant; none ever materialized, and instead one is apparently an employee amenity and the other became the WBLM Porch.

NNEPRA is heavily involved, but (at least still in the study stage) MaineDOT is officially the lead agency (Patricia has stated this at board meetings herself), presumably because NNEPRA is in the weird limbo of being a QUANGO with no revenue stream of its own.