Bath voters approved a charter change to expand items excluded from the city’s annual spending limit by a vote of 1,773 to 876 Tuesday. City leaders advocated for the change, saying it would avoid $900,000 in budget cuts while not raising residents’ taxes. In 1988, voters approved a spending cap to keep tax rates low. […]
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Newcomers elected to Bath City Council
Bath voters elected two new members to the city council Tuesday when Louis “Roo” Dunn and Mary Ellen Bell prevailed at the polls. Dunn defeated Timothy Pratt 187-162. Dunn will take over Raye Leonard’s Ward 4 seat for a three-year term. Ward 4 covers a strip of central Bath between Bedford and Academy streets from […]
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Spelke, Timberlake take Topsham seats in SAD 75 election
Newcomer Amy Spelke won a three-year seat on the Maine School Administrative District 75 school board over Jim Burak on Tuesday, while Michael Timberlake beat out two other candidates. The two will represent Topsham on the board. Spelke defeated challenger Burak 2,435 to 1,101 to win the three-year seat, which was held by Dorothy Gardiner. […]
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Newcomers Dunn, Bell elected to Bath city council
Louis “Roo” Dunn defeated opponent Timothy Pratt 187-162, while Mary Ellen Bell ran unopposed to claim 301 votes.
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Language center gives New Mainers boost in quest for college degrees
The new facility at Southern Maine Community College provides tutoring to help students apply their developing English skills to course work.
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Historic Hawthorne House undergoes restoration in Raymond
Supporters of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s one-time home hope it can serve as a community center when repairs are complete.
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Pandemic places Maine State Music Theatre’s future in jeopardy, director says
The Maine State Music Theatre will finish its run of “Jersey Boys” in Westbrook before ending the season to avoid further monetary losses as a result of the pandemic.
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Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop docks in Topsham and Windham
The fate of independent bookstores has been uncertain in recent years, but Jeff Curtis, owner of Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop, has turned the tide by dropping anchor at shopping plazas in Topsham and Windham this fall. Curtis, who owns storefronts in Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Freeport, Portland, Damariscotta and Rockland, talked about changing the […]
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Maine Preservation rolls out new drive-by tours of historic sites
The goal of the tours is to connect the state’s history with its culture today.
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Island chain preservation campaign important, advocates say
The Maine Coast Heritage Trust has until the end of December to raise the rest of the money needed to preserve undeveloped islands off the coast.