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Maine Audubon director stepping down after less than a year

FALMOUTH — Just shy of a year on the job, Ole Amundsen III is resigning as executive director of Maine Audubon. Amundsen is stepping down to spend more time with his family, Maine Audubon said in a Dec. 16 press release. He called the decision “very difficult,” but added it’s the “right move for me […]

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2 papers to join The Forecaster family of weeklies

FALMOUTH — Sun Media Group this week announced the consolidation of news operations at its Current Publishing weeklies with The Forecaster newspapers. Two weeklies whose circulation areas duplicate The Forecaster and provide overlapping local news coverage – the Tri-Town Weekly, covering Freeport, Pownal and Durham, and The Current, covering South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth […]

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State Senate: Breen wins re-election, Carson defeats Coffin

FALMOUTH — Incumbent State Sen. Cathy Breen won her bid for re-election against Republican challenger Charles “Bart” Ladd by a preliminary vote of 15,267 to 11,175 in Senate District 25. Another Democrat, Everett “Brownie” Carson, won the election to replace state Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, in Senate District 24. Breen, 51, of Falmouth, secured a second […]

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Cumberland’s Denno unseats Timmons in Maine House rematch

FALMOUTH — Democrat Dale Denno defeated incumbent state Rep. Mike Timmons, R-Cumberland, 3,385 to 2,638, in a rematch Tuesday in House District 45. It was the second time the Cumberland residents have squared off to represent the district, which covers Cumberland and a southern section of Gray. Incumbents prevailed in other House elections in the […]