Nice things do happen on icy days. Early on the morning of Jan. 25, my husband was carefully navigating the icy driveway with the trash container when a black pickup blocked our driveway. A lady stepped out and said “I am taking this for you as it is icy here.” The recycling container from the […]
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Letter: Scope of Falmouth’s Climate Action Plan is impressive
On Jan. 31 I attended an information session for Falmouth’s new Climate Action Plan. I was impressed with the scope and ambition of the plan, an approach that is greatly needed in this time of accelerating climate impacts. I was buoyed to learn that local and state government, volunteers, businesses and nonprofits are increasingly partnering […]
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People and Business: Jan. 31
Hires, promotions, appointments Brian Tarbuck was appointed to the Kennebec Savings Bank Board of Directors. He is an engineer, commissioner of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, on the Maine Board of Licensure of Water System Operators and has been a president of the Maine Water Utilities Association. Aleks Kazimierczak was named the […]
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Celebrated organist James Kennerley to perform in Yarmouth Friday
Celebrated organist and composer James Kennerley and 317 Main Community Music Center teachers will perform in concert from 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Yarmouth facility. The concert will feature folk, Americana, Bluegrass and Irish traditional music with an infusion of organ virtuosity, according to a press release. Kennerley, Portland’s municipal organist, is a prize-winning composer […]
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Northern Meetings: Feb. 1-8
Chebeague Island Tue. 2/6 5 p.m. Board of Adjustments/Appeals Town Hall Tue. 2/6 6 p.m. School Committee Island School Wed. 2/7 6 p.m. Select Board Town Hall Cumberland Thu. 2/1 6 p.m. Affordable Housing Info Val Halla Falmouth Thu. 2/1 4 p.m. Long-Range Planning Town Hall Thu. 2/1 4 p.m. Community Development Town Hall Mon. […]
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People and Business: Jan. 31
Hires, promotions, appointments Brian Tarbuck was appointed to the Kennebec Savings Bank Board of Directors. He is an engineer, commissioner of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, on the Maine Board of Licensure of Water System Operators and has been a president of the Maine Water Utilities Association. Aleks Kazimierczak was named the […]
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Falmouth High football coach resigns in wake of players’ petition
John Fitzsimmons had resisted pressure from parents, but after players asked the school board to replace him, he said ‘it wasn’t fair for them or for me to stay.’
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Falmouth High football players sign petition seeking coach’s removal
Members of the 2023 team ask the school board to replace John Fitzsimmons, saying they ‘have lost confidence’ in the veteran coach.
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Work on Falmouth’s comp plan update sparks concerns
The committee needs to ease off on residential growth and slow the update process down, says resident Lisa Joy.
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Falmouth High School named as finalist in STEM competition
Falmouth High School has been selected as a state finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition. Along with five other state finalists, Falmouth High School will win a package of $2,500 in technology and school classroom supplies. Solve for Tomorrow is a nationwide competition that encourages students in grades 6-12 to use science, […]