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New Portland flower show to provide ‘taste of spring’

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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Chebeague voters reject proposal for parking lot

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — A Special Town Meeting on Saturday defeated a proposal to build more public parking near Stone Wharf Road by rezoning the shoreland overlay district. Article 3 called for amending the Limited Commercial zone to Commercial Fisheries/Maritime Activities. It failed in the March 4 vote, 40-26. Amending the zoning would have have created room […]

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

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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Northern Meetings: Feb. 23 to March 3

Chebeague Island Mon.  2/27  4:30 p.m.  Cemetery Committee  PSB Wed.  3/1  6 p.m.  Planning Board  TBD Sat.  3/4  9 a.m.  Special Town Meeting  IH Cumberland Mon.  2/27  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Tues.  2/28  6:30 p.m.  Planning Board  TH Durham Mon.  2/27  6:30 p.m.  Budget Committee  TO Falmouth Mon.  2/27  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH […]