Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 29th of October.
Good morning, Portland.
Azteca Mexican Restaurant opened last week at 1422 Broadway in South Portland in the former Caribbean Taste space, offering enchiladas, tamales, tacos, huaraches, and a bar serving beer & Mexican-style cocktails; it's open Monday, Wednesday, Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Rachel Moreau makes Maine to Montana jewelry from materials pulled from the ocean, and each piece is handcrafted in Maine; she recently spoke with ARC Maine about her process.
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland is showing “Shifting Visions: Joel Babb’s Painted Universe,” a dozen paintings spanning his career, through Jan.
31 and open seven days a week 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (after Dec. 31 it will be open Wed. through Mon., 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., closed Tues.).
Luke D'Alessandro, a Biddeford native, won an Emmy in September for costume design on Fox's The Masked Singer (he's 30).
He is the show's head designer, lives in Utrecht, and the series has been renewed and will film its next season in New Jersey.
After eight years, Portland developers Eric Blumrich and Laura Mackey released Peace Island, an open-world game where you play as a cat exploring a Casco Bay inspired island; it's in early access on Steam (available for $15.99) with about 80% of the world, 15 interiors, and a dozen playable missions.
Bud Sawyer, a Portland radio legend who joined WGAN in October 1962 and later became a familiar voice at WPOR, died at 94.
He was inducted into the Maine Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame (1994), and his family recalled his motto: “Just smile at someone.”
Maine students voted Tuesday, Oct.
27, in the statewide mock election, picking Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate by nearly six points and Hannah Pingree for governor (41.8%), with more than 12,000 students from 115 schools participating.
The EPA warned this week not to eat fish caught from the Presumpscot River in South Windham between Little Falls Dam and Mallison Falls Dam after tests near the Keddy Mill Superfund site found elevated PCBs (toxic industrial chemicals that build up in fish).
The state is posting warning signs along affected banks.
Citgo will reduce emissions at its South Portland petroleum tanks and fund local air monitoring after state officials presented findings that nearby residents may face higher cancer risks from benzene (a carcinogen); two state agencies will run a one-year benzene monitoring program, and the city council will hold a mitigation workshop on Dec. 1.
Guardian Recovery Pine Tree opened a new treatment center on Tuesday in Westbrook at 40 Park Road, consolidating detox, 28-day inpatient, partial hospitalization and outpatient programs and adding 35 beds to serve clients across Maine.
A Superior Court judge ruled this week that rezoning for Belfort Landing, a 50-unit housing development next to Talbot Community School, is consistent with the city's comprehensive plan, clearing the final legal hurdle and allowing construction to continue; framing for the second building will be complete in November.
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