Competing Plans Derail Diner Deal ; New Proposals for the Miss Portland May Be Sought After Plans Gel for the Redevelopment of Bayside.

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Portland's plan to sell the Miss Portland Diner to a controversial restaurateur is dead, trumped by competing efforts to redevelop the Bayside neighborhood and extend passenger rail service north to Brunswick.

City officials decided Wednesday night to abandon their pending deal with Michel "Sal" Salvaggio, a former restaurant owner from Falmouth. They plan to seek new proposals after they complete a land swap with the Maine Department of Transportation, which could involve a city-owned lot on Marginal Way that was earmarked for the diner.

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Competing Plans Derail Diner Deal ; New Proposals for the Miss Portland May Be Sought After Plans Gel for the Redevelopment of Bayside.

"We don't really know what land is available for the diner," said City Councilor James Cloutier, head of the community development committee. "On...

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