S. Portland Tar Sands Opponents Submit Signatures for Referendum

SOUTH PORTLAND — A citizens group opposed to the prospect of so-called tar-sands oil being pumped through South Portland has collected 3,779 signatures to place an ordinance on the ballot that would ban oil importation within city limits. The total is nearly four times the 950 signatures needed to bring the question before the city and the voters on the November ballot. The question would as...