Applications for North Yarmouth’s Senior Property Tax Assistance Program are now available on the town’s website at northyarmouth.org. Residents who are 70 or older with an annual income of $40,000 or less and have lived in North Yarmouth for 10 or more years may qualify. This year, $57,000 was allocated for the program in the […]
Kristen McNerney
Kristen is a 2021 addition to The Forecaster team. She grew up in New York State but has been to Maine every summer to visit her grandmother. She recently graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor's degree in history and a minor in journalism. She loves drinking tea, spending time outdoors, trying new foods, and practicing shavasana.
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North Yarmouth Select Board elects leadership
The North Yarmouth Select Board elected Brian Sites, whose first three-year term on the board expires in 2023, to serve as chairman, and Jim Moulton, who has served 16 years on the board and whose current term expires in 2022, to serve as vice chairman. Sites replaces former chairman Steve Berry, who served one year […]
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Yarmouth juveniles charged in local armed robbery
Three juveniles from Yarmouth were charged with robbery after police allege they held up a clerk at knifepoint at the Big Apple convenience store on Route 1. According to Chief of Police Dan Gallant, officers responded to a report of armed robbery early Sunday morning and the suspects – two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old – […]
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Proposed rules would protect historic structures in Yarmouth
One town councilor cited the housing crunch in his dissent.
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Yarmouth ordinance would keep canines on a short leash in Royal River Park
If the measure gains town council approval, dogs would not allowed to roam free at any time in the park.
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Falmouth Town Council to vote on short-term rental rules
Those in violation could face fines of $1,000 per day for the first offense and $1,500 per day for each additional offense.
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Yarmouth solar farm would power about 200 homes, save homeowners up to 20% on electric bills
The solar array would be located on a former hazardous waste site on Sligo Road.
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Cumberland County students sweep Maine App Challenge
Computer application designers from Deering, Cape Elizabeth and Yarmouth high schools take the top three prizes and win scholarships.
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Yarmouth apartment complex gets preliminary OK
The two 12-unit buildings would be built on East Main Street at Route 1.
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Horn-free railroad crossings not far off for Cumberland
The town council agrees to pay $100,000 more than it anticipated to install barriers at three crossings.