Chebeague Island Tue. 4/23 6 p.m. School Committee C.I. School Thu. 4/25 6 p.m. Planning Board Public Hearing Town Hall Cumberland Tue. 4/23 4 p.m. Housing Authority Town Hall Thu. 4/25 6 p.m. Neighborhood Meeting Town Hall Falmouth Wed. 4/24 5 p.m. Housing Project Site Walk Marshall Drive Wed. 4/24 7 p.m. Town Council Zoom, […]
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People and Business: April 10
Hires, promotions, appointments Tami Goodrich was hired by Portside Real Estate Group as an associate broker at its Falmouth office. She has over 10 years of experience and previously worked as an associate broker at Keller Williams Realty. Recognition Earle W. Noyes & Sons Moving Specialists, a moving company based in Portland, was given the […]
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Pet CPR class raises funds for Pet Oxygen Mask project
A pet first aid and CPR course in Falmouth last month raised $1,800 for the Maine Pet Oxygen Mask Program. The program’s founder, Bobby Silcott, was the instructor for the course, hosted by the Falmouth Police Department and Falmouth Parks and Community Programs. Silcott, a retired animal control officer, donates oxygen masks to fire and […]
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Falmouth Fire-EMS chief named Instructor of the Year
Falmouth Fire-EMS Chief Howard Rice has been awarded the Deputy Chief Marc Bellefeuille Instructor of the Year award from the Maine Fire Service Institute. MFSI Director Jim Graves said at the awards ceremony March 28 that Rice’s hard work and dedication has brought higher level fire service training programs to the state. Rice, an MFSI […]
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Falmouth Land Trust to lead guided walk at Town Landing
Falmouth Land Trust will lead a walk and talk at 1 p.m. April 21 at the Falmouth Town Landing. Maine Master Naturalist Susan Gilpin will present data and talk about the health of Casco Bay, including sea level rise, water temperature, ocean acidification and the amount of pesticides and fertilizers applied in Falmouth yearly that […]
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Northern Meetings: April 4-11
Chebeague Island Thu. 4/4 6 p.m. Facilities Committee Zoom Mon. 4/8 6:30 p.m. Planning Board Rec Center Tue. 4/9 6 p.m. School Budget Workshop Town Hall Thu. 4/11 5:30 a.m. Board of Adjustments/Appeals Town Hall Cumberland Mon. 4/8 5 p.m. Council Budget Workshop Town Hall Mon. 4/8 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Falmouth Thu. […]
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Letter: Pesticide regulation good for dogs, too
Kudos to Falmouth’s Conservation Commission for recommending to the Falmouth Town Council that it adopt the commission’s proposed regulation to limit residential use of pesticides and certain synthetic fertilizers (effective 2025) – similar to the regulations adopted in Portland, South Portland and Cape Elizabeth. I live in a Falmouth subdivision, one of many. There is […]
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Letter: Concerns about Falmouth workforce housing project are not NIMBY
The Falmouth council’s workforce housing project, at first blush, appears a well-intentioned shot at easing the current housing crunch. However, the trends causing this housing shortage sprang up from the pandemic and, most recently, high interest rates. These events are transitory in nature, and, according to leading economists, their influences appear to be easing (New […]
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Northern Meetings: March 28-April 4
Chebeague Island Thu. 3/28 6 p.m. Select Board Town Hall Tue. 4/2 6 p.m. School Committee C.I. School Wed. 4/3 6 p.m. Select Board Town Hall Thu. 4/4 6 p.m. Facilities Committee Zoom Falmouth Mon. 4/1 6:30 p.m. Conservation Commission Town Hall Tue. 4/2 6:30 p.m. Planning Board Town Hall Wed. 4/3 7 p.m. Budget […]
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Mainers clean up and warm up after weekend storm combines snow, rain and ice
The combination of weather created a variety of challenges, including water damage in a Sanford library and widespread power outages in southern Maine that drove people to warming centers.