FALMOUTH— With just $150,000 left to raise, Falmouth Land Trust hopes a second round of challenge grants will help it reach its mark in a bid to purchase Underwood Springs Forest, which has a purchase price of $830,000. The Trust has been fundraising to buy the 52-acre parcel since February and, in July, two anonymous […]
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Friends of Fort Gorges launches fundraising campaign
PORTLAND — Friends of Fort Gorges has launched a $500,000 “Your Fort” fundraising campaign to help preserve the more than 150-year-old former military fort in Casco Bay. If the group can raise $250,000, the city is offering a $250,000 match grant. The fundraising campaign is the first for the organization, which is “committed to the […]
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Council seeks applicants for racial equity steering committee
PORTLAND — The city is looking for residents who are interested in serving on a racial equity steering committee. The committee will have nine to 13 members with backgrounds in racial equity work who will make recommendations to the City Council on how city government can address institutional racism and inequities. The first focus will […]
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Scarborough partners with Maine CDC on education program
SCARBOROUGH—The town has received a $69,000 grant from the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a COVID-19 education program that will include public education and health support and business assistance. A working group has been formed from the town’s public safety and planning departments and Scarborough Community Services and Economic Development. The program […]
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Falmouth Town Landing beach closed after fuel leak
FALMOUTH — A 35-foot fishing boat coming ashore spilled an unknown amount of diesel fuel Monday morning on the northern beach of Town Landing. The Falmouth Police Department is working with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection on the scene to assess the damage and to help clean the area. Because of the contamination of […]
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Habitat for Humanity receives $90,000 for home repair program
PORTLAND — Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland has been awarded $90,000 from the Cumberland County Community Development Block Grant program to expand Habitat’s Critical Home Repair program. The grant will be used to hire an employee to oversee the program, which helps low-income homeowners make needed repairs, such as fixing leaking roofs and tackling […]
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Portland Navy Week goes virtual
PORTLAND — The Navy Office of Community Outreach is opting this year for a virtual version of Navy Week Portland, now through Friday, Aug. 14. Portland hosted its first ever Navy Week in 2017, drawing more than 50 Navy sailors and hundreds of participants. This year’s Navy Week Portland includes Facebook Live events and online […]
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‘Peacewave’ marks 75th anniversary of Japanese bombings
BRUNSWICK — Peacewave 2020, a day-long series of commemorations around the world of the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings that ended World War II, will include an event in Brunswick Sunday, Aug. 9. Hundreds of activities marking the 1945 bombings start in Japan at 8:15 a.m., and are geared toward expressing the […]
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Council’s finance committee continues FY21 budget review
PORTLAND — After months of delay due to the coronavirus, the fiscal year 2021 budget review process will pick back up this week. The City Council’s Finance Committee will begin its review of the municipal budget at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5. Meetings will also be held Thursday, Aug. 6, and Wednesday, Aug. 12. A […]
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Portland high schools delay in-person sports activities to Aug. 24
PORTLAND — Portland Public Schools has delayed in-person conditioning for fall sports to Aug. 24. The move came after the Maine Principals Association delayed the start of fall athletics until September “This would give Portland Public Schools’ fall sports teams two weeks of acclimatization and in-person conditioning from Aug. 24 to Sept. 7 before the […]