FALMOUTH — Overnight paving will take place on Interstate 295 through Brunswick, Freeport, Yarmouth, Cumberland and Falmouth beginning Monday, July 18. Work on both sides of the highway will stretch 21.5 miles, from the Portland/Falmouth line to the Androscoggin River Bridge in Brunswick, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. Southbound work will be performed from 9 […]
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Loder, White not on Chebeague Island ballot
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Board of Selectmen Chairman Christopher Loder and School Committee member Carol White have decided not to seek re-election on June 14. Neither Loder nor White could be reached for comment about their decisions, which leave all the elections uncontested. Two seats on the Board of Selectmen and two on the School Committee, […]
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Chebeague Island nomination papers available
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Nomination papers for elected town offices are available at Town Hall. Two three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen and two on the School Committee, also for three years, are up for election on June 14. Nomination papers are due back to Town Hall by May 2 at 5 p.m. The two Board […]
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Maine Audubon seeks brook trout surveyors
FALMOUTH — Maine Audubon is seeking volunteer anglers to survey remote Maine ponds and coastal streams for brook trout. The information gathered will be used to identify populations of previously undocumented wild brook trout across the state. This will be the sixth year Maine Audubon – along with Trout Unlimited and the Maine Department of […]
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Brunswick teacher receives national grant
BRUNSWICK — Coffin Elementary School Teacher Kathy Dekker received a nearly $800 grant from Donors Choose, a national public school classroom charity, to fully fund a proposed special education project. The money will buy six bean-bag chairs that offer more “sensory input” and “postural support” than normal hard plastic chairs, according to the grant application. Dekker’s […]
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Brunswick airport gets funds to repair runways
BRUNSWICK — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, announced Tuesday that the Brunswick Executive Airport will receive a nearly $116,500 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The purpose of the grant, Pingree said in a press release, is to rehabilitate and seal cracks in about 16,000 feet of runways. Pingree sits on the House Appropriations Committee, which oversees […]
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Topsham to host 'Solarize Midcoast' info session
TOPSHAM — A “Solarize Midcoast Maine” launch event will be held at the Topsham Public Library Tuesday, March 22. The free, public event at 25 Foreside Road will run from 6-8 p.m. The Midcoast Economic Development District has chosen Sundog Solar, a Searsport business, to run “Solarize Midcoast Maine,” a regional solar bulk-purchasing program. Solar […]
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Topsham collision kills Durham woman
TOPSHAM — A Durham woman died from injuries received in a head-on collision March 11. The Topsham Police and Fire departments responded at 1:39 p.m. to the two-vehicle crash in the 800 block of Middlesex Road, which was closed until about 5 p.m. Topsham Police Chief Chris Lewis said Christina Babinaw, 44, of Durham, was […]
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Gerzofsky to meet constituents in Freeport
FREEPORT — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, will hold public office hours Saturday, March 26, from 10 a.m.-noon at Bow Street Market. Gerzofsky represents Senate District 10, which includes Freeport, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Brunswick and Harpswell.
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Harpswell car burglaries surge in February
HARPSWELL — Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce on Monday said 15 vehicles were burglarized in town during the first two weeks of February. All of the vehicles were parked in residential driveways, Joyce said in a press release, and were left unlocked by their owners. There were 27 vehicle burglaries reported in 2015, Joyce said, and all of […]