While transformative change will be achieved gradually, we can do a number of things now to improve road safety.
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Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Notes: Sept. 1
Safety day set for Sept. 10 A Kids Safety Day will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept.10, in the parking lot of Hannaford supermarket at 2 Hannaford Drive. The event is free and open to the public. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., go through the fire department’s smokehouse and view fire […]
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People & Business: Aug. 3
A capital visit Transitions Arts & Cultural Alliance of Freeport – the nonprofit founded in 2015 to support artists, arts and culture in greater Freeport – is now using the name Meetinghouse Arts for all its operations, including events at the gallery and performance venue at First Parish Church at 40 Main St. Marking the name […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Family bike safety rodeo planned in Cumberland June 11
A Family Bike Rodeo with the Bicycle Coalition of Maine will be held from 10 a.m. to noon June 11 at the Greely Middle School parking lot in Cumberland. The event, sponsored by Prince Memorial Library and the Cumberland Police Department, is designed to teach and encourage children to ride bicycles safely. The Bicycle Coalition […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: May 12
1956 church choir reunites for performance Many members of the West Gorham Union Church choir from 1956 will reunite to sing at the 9:30 a.m. service Sunday, May 15, at the church, located at 190 Ossipee Trail (Route 25). Ardyth (Martin) Moberg, who is an original member of the choir, coordinated the event that will […]
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Gorham Notes: Feb. 24
Bike swap coming to town If one swap is good, two swaps are even better. The Great Maine Bike Swap will take place in not one but two locations this year. “We are thrilled to introduce two new bike swaps in two new locations” in Gorham and Lewiston, said Emily Lozeau, event manager of the […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath once again deemed bicycle friendly
Bath has earned another bronze-level “Bicycle Friendly Community” designation from the League of American Cyclists, but cycling advocates see a continued need to improve infrastructure.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Free valet bicycle parking provided at Thompson’s Point concerts
Bicycle-riding music fans will be able to safely park their bikes for free at all 11 Thompson’s Point concerts this year through a new offering from the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. Concert-going cyclists can drop off their bikes off with a Bicycle Coalition of Maine staff member of volunteer near the entrance. They will be […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Temporary safety measures put in place at Portland intersection
Safety bollards, signs and intersection paint have been temporarily added to the intersection of Deering Avenue and Revere Street at Woodfords Corner. Through its Imagine People Here campaign, the Bicycle Coalition of Maine teamed up with Friends of Woodfords Corner for the work July 15 in an effort to slow traffic to make the intersection […]
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Rides of Silence to memorialize bicycle, pedestrian fatalities
Group rides will be held next week in seven communities across Maine.
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