NORTH YARMOUTH — The town will hold Democratic and Republican caucuses in the next two weeks. The Republican caucus is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 29. The Democratic caucus follows at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Both will be held at the Wescustogo Hall & Community Center, 120 Memorial Highway. The registrar of voters […]
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Sifting History’s Sands: Desert of Maine owner seeks to separate truth from myth at Freeport landmark
FREEPORT — Legend has it that William Tuttle settled the farmland that is now the Desert of Maine in the late 18th century. Mela Heestand, co-owner of the Desert Road landmark since December 2018, doubts he ever existed. The Desert of Maine, which opens again next May, consists of a 20-30-acre “desert” of very fine […]
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Topsham receives $31.5K grant for improvements at Cathance River park
The town plans to build a hand-carry boat launch and improve the parking lot at Head of Tide Park.
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Brunswick gets $160K in state funds to continue work at junior high school
The school department plans to continue making gradual improvements in the next few years to the 1959 building.
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Improving appearances: Bath matching grants will shore up building facades
The city will offer two more rounds of funding in the next two years.
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Bath, Brunswick housing authorities to receive federal funds
BRUNSWICK — The Bath and Brunswick housing authorities are among 19 agencies in Maine to receive a total of $9.53 million through U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Public Housing Capital Fund Program. Brunswick’s authority is due to receive $438,463, Bath’s, $232,353, according to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). “This funding will help Maine […]
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Bowdoin College Arctic Museum to host family day Feb. 22
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College’s Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum will host a family day from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22. The museum is located at Hubbard Hall, and admission is free and open to the public. Participants can learn about how the Arctic Ocean is filled with life, including some of Earth’s largest mammals. […]
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Phippsburg sportsmen’s group to host winter field day
PHIPPSBURG — The Phippsburg Sportsmen’s Association will host its Winter Youth and Family Field Day on Sunday, Feb. 23. The event, to be held at the John Rogers Outdoor Education Center on Pitch Pine Hill, 272 Main Road, will include dog sledding, Nordic skiing, snow shoeing, tracking, an introduction to orienteering, a cell phone scavenger […]
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Freeport High’s beard-growing contest raises funds for heating assistance program
Freeport’s Carol Kaplan Fuel Assistance Fund could help about 60 households this winter.
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Cumberland taxes due March 16
CUMBERLAND — The second half of the town’s 2020 property tax bills are due Monday, March 16. Payments can be made by stopping by Town Hall between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, and between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday. Checks can also be mailed to Attn: Tax Collector, 290 Tuttle Road, […]