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Westbrook-Gorham Rotary gearing up for annual Patriot's Day high school road race

by Adam Birt March 31, 2017June 20, 2019

WESTBROOK – The Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham is set to host its 68th Patriot’s Day Road Race on April 17. The race, open exclusively to high school runners, is supposed to have been founded in 1948 (Club officials are unsure of the exact year) by Franklin Emery to commemorate the famous ride of Paul Revere. […]

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Maine lawmakers use timing, creative wording to skirt spirit of fundraising rules

by Mo Mehlsak March 29, 2017June 20, 2019

AUGUSTA — Sen. Justin Chenette, D-Saco, came to a Statehouse committee room on Feb. 27 to slay dragons. His target: the lobbyists and special interests whose money and power, he said, “create an appearance of corruption” in the Legislature. His plan: ban lobbyists from ever again throwing money at legislators. Chenette came armed not with a […]

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Fix or replace? 4 options for Brunswick-Topsham bridge due for public input

by Dennis Hoey March 27, 2017March 27, 2017

Until a permanent solution is decided upon, MDOT plans to do an estimated $805,000 in temporary repairs on Frank J. Wood Bridge to address its most severe problems.

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Tasha Gerken makes eating healthy (and local) a SNAP for low-income families

by Mary Pols March 26, 2017March 24, 2017

But Gov. LePage’s administration might do away with her job.

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New Portland flower show to provide ‘taste of spring’

by Kate Irish Collins March 14, 2017June 20, 2019

PORTLAND — Spring really is coming, and members of the Maine Landscape & Nursery Association want local gardeners to be ready. That’s why they are launching a new Maine Flower Show. The inaugural show will be held March 29-April 2 at Thompson’s Point, and will be the first event to be showcased in the newly renovated Brick […]

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Dan Devereaux watches over the waters in Brunswick

by Mary Pols March 12, 2017March 10, 2017

An innate curiosity about nature has made the marine warden an advocate for aquaculture.

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Speed limit to be reduced on I-295 from Falmouth-Topsham

by The Forecaster February 22, 2017June 28, 2019

AUGUSTA — The speed limit on Interstate 295 between Falmouth and Topsham will be reduced next month from 70 mph to 65 mph. The Maine Department of Transportation said Wednesday that crashes along the corridor had increased 29 percent since the limit rose from 65 mph to 70 mph in 2014. Traffic volume also increased […]

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