Matthew Sturgis will work alongside longtime Town Manager Bill Shane for a few weeks.
Eloise Goldsmith
Eloise is originally from outside of Washington, D.C. These days, she's based in Portland and is a reporter for the Northern Forecaster. Eloise joined the Maine Trust for Local News as a reporter for Kennebunk Post and the Biddeford Courier. Previously she was a fact checker and freelance reporter. Her reporting appears in The Nation, In These Times, Jacobin and elsewhere.
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Cumberland Planning Board puts off action on controversial Rusty Lantern project, pending permits
The town says the project will broaden the commercial tax base while some residents say it will hurt other local businesses and they don’t like that it would be open around the clock.
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Falmouth Town Council advances Scittery Woods’ workforce housing project
The Falmouth Town Council approves a development agreement with Scittery Woods Partners for the project on Marshall Drive.
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Yarmouth School Committee candidates weigh in on restricting student access to controversial materials
The four residents running for the Yarmouth School Committee weighed in at a recent candidate forum on perennial topics like the budget and how they approach compromise, but they also fielded a question about allowing student access to materials that some parents may find objectionable. The question comes a few months after charged public conversation around […]
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Four on June ballot for two spots on Falmouth School Board
The candidates discuss goals, the school budget, the district’s Intercultural Awareness and Inclusion Committee, and the appropriate role of cell phones in school settings.
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Candidates in 7-way race for 3 Cumberland council seats talk taxes and more
Mark Franco, Tanner Storey, Denise Thorsson, Geoffrey Michalak, Helene DiBartolomeo, Andrew Magoun and George Turner are running for three seats on the Town Council.
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In a twist, Saco developer now says his constitutional rights were violated
The plaintiff in the Lincoln Village development case, who sued the city last year, alleges that City Councilor Phil Hatch and Planning Board Member Robert Biggs failed to disclose a connection to the community group that opposed his project.
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Four in Cumberland, two in North Yarmouth vie for three seats on SAD 51 board
Jeffrey DiBartolomeo, Jesse Lamarre-Vincent, Abraham Suresh and Sean Thurston are competing for the two three-year seats for Cumberland. Suzannah Dowling and Sara Rose are squaring off for the open three-year school board seat representing North Yarmouth.
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Turf field at center of debate over new school project in SAD 51
The inclusion of a $3 million turf field in Cumberland-North Yarmouth’s ‘One Campus School Project’ has dominated public conversation around a $53.5 million school bond that goes to voters next month, but supporters say the whole package is a wise investment.
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Greely swim star organizes fundraiser for Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital
Greely High School swimming standout Audrey Cohen is organizing a fundraiser for The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital on June 8 with the goal of raising $50,000. Cohn, a senior, is leveraging her swimming abilities to reach that total. She and other swimmers in the community are seeking pledges from residents and businesses for the first […]