BUXTON – With Suzanne Lukas departing last month to lead a school district Down East, the Bonny Eagle school district has hired an interim superintendent with a lengthy education record and strong local ties. Mark Eastman has led two Maine school districts for 25 years. He is contracted with School Administrative District 6 through the […]
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PENSION CRISIS: Pension changes lighten budget load
AUGUSTA – The year is 2020, just nine years from now, and the state is facing one of its worst budget crises in years. (Editor’s note: This is part 6 of an occasional series on the effects of the state’s pension costs. The series began last July.) The year is 2020, just nine years from […]
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Trails group to state: ‘Stop the spraying’
GORHAM – A local trails group is taking steps to halt state spraying to poison weeds along an inactive portion of the Mountain Division rail line, where hikers, bicyclists, nature enthusiasts and pets all enjoy the rail trail from Gorham and Windham to Standish. Friends of Rails to Trails is concerned about potential health and […]
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Westbrook Commons upgrade now on hold
WESTBROOK – City officials have decided against pursuing a grant to revamp a 30-year-old downtown common, and it’s not clear when – or if – the project will be taken up again. “We have not given up on possible development of (the area),” said Keith Luke, the city’s director of community and economic development. On […]
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Westbrook Commons upgrade now on hold
WESTBROOK – City officials have decided against pursuing a grant to revamp a 30-year-old downtown common, and it’s not clear when – or if – the project will be taken up again. “We have not given up on possible development of (the area),” said Keith Luke, the city’s director of community and economic development. On […]
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Fresh effort launched to save towns’ schools
BUXTON – Fast action by citizens has likely spared the historic Hollis High School, at least temporarily, from the wrecking ball. Believing a demolition contract was on the agenda at a special meeting of the School Administrative District 6 board of directors on June 28, Jan Hill, president of the Buxton-Hollis Historical Society, and others […]
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Idexx maintains expansion plans
WESTBROOK – One of the city’s largest employers has not changed its plans to build its $50 million corporate headquarters expansion in the city’s Five Star Industrial Park area, despite more headlines about a controversial quarry next door. “It’s still our intent to expand on this property,” said Dick Daigle, director of facilities for Idexx […]
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Blast breaches cost Pike $3,000
WESTBROOK – The city has fined Pike Industries Inc. $3,000 for two violations committed during recent construction blasts the company conducted. City Administrator Jerre Bryant said the city had the option of fining up to $2,500 per violation. The fines, he said, total $2,500 for one violation on May 17, and $500 for another violation […]
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Westbrook City Council hears details on plans for a $37M health-care facility
WESTBROOk – The developer of a proposed $37.5 million health-care campus in Westbrook briefed city councilors Monday about the three-phase project thatcwould create 113 full-time jobs. “We would like your support,” Daniel Maguire, a partner of Sandy River Co. in Portland, told councilors. Maguire is proposing to build Stroudwater Landing, a three-phase complex on a […]
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School reuse loses in recount
BUXTON – A recount Tuesday failed to overturn defeat of the June 14 referendum asking Buxton voters to convert the Hanson School to a community center. According to Town Clerk John Myers, advocates of reusing the school gained one vote, but still lost, 549-540. The original tally was a 10-vote margin against the proposal, 546-536. […]