The Falmouth Town Council has unanimously accepted the town’s 2021 Strategic Watershed Plan, which will be used to develop the town’s annual infrastructure projects and capital improvement budgets. The plan could lead to replacing an eroded culvert on Mast Road near Highland Lake. It also includes recommendations to include watershed management in municipal budgets, designate a […]
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Northern Meetings: April 28-May 5
Chebeague Island Wed. 5/4 6 p.m. Select Board Town hall Thur. 5/5 3 p.m. Community Advisory Response Team Thur. 5/5 6 p.m. Stone Wharf Meeting: Fishing Operations Town Hall Cumberland Mon. 5/2 10:30 a.m. Communications Committee Wed. 5/4 7 p.m. Lands and Conservation Commission Durham Thur. 4/28 6:30 p.m. Conservation Commission Thur. 4/28 6:30 p.m. […]
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Rapid I-295 bridge replacement wraps up with hours to spare
It took a three-day highway closure to tear down and replace one of Maine’s busiest sections of road, the Veranda Street bridge in Portland.
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Falmouth trails emerge from mud season, reopen
After being closed for mud season, trails in Falmouth are now back open. Trails managed by the town and the Falmouth Land Trust closed in late March. Falmouth trails manager Caleb Hemphill said the temporary closure is monitored closely each year. The ground needed to thoroughly thaw, drain and dry out enough to open to […]
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Letter: Vote for Amy Kuhn to represent District 111
Amy Kuhn will be a strong voice representing Falmouth as the House District 111 representative in Augusta. For the past three years, she has been a dedicated, trusted leader as the Falmouth Town Council chair. Amy is now running for the seat that was well-served by Rep. Teresa Pierce for four terms. Falmouth is fortunate […]
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I-295 bridge complete, road reopens ahead of schedule
The rapid-fire demolition and replacement of an aging highway overpass in Portland closed a busy stretch of highway for three days.
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Officers justified in deadly force in Falmouth, Old Town confrontations, attorney general finds
In both cases, the officers who discharged their weapons were acting in self defense or the defense of others, the state’s attorney general concludes.
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Northern Meetings: April 21-28
Chebeague Island Thur. 4/21 5 p.m. Facilities Committee Tues. 4/26 6 p.m. School Committee Chebeague Island School Cumberland Mon. 4/25 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Durham Thur. 4/21 6:30 p.m. Historic District Commission Fri. 4/22 6:30 p.m. Conservation Commission Eureka Center Tues. 4/26 6:30 p.m. Select Board Town Office Tues. 4/26 6:30 p.m. Planning […]
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Anonymous donor gives Falmouth police $300,000 for Tasers, cameras
The gift means the department can fully outfit its force with stun guns and cameras and its patrol cars with dash cams at no cost to the department or taxpayers.
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Earth Day clean-up April 23 in Falmouth
The Falmouth Conservation Commission is hosting an Earth Day community clean-up event Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to noon at the River Point Conservation Area on Route 100, east of the West Falmouth Crossing Shopping Center. Participants should park at the head of the railroad bridge or in back of the shopping center parking […]