FREEPORT — The Town Council Tuesday night approved a $9.7 million municipal budget for fiscal 2010, including more than $14,400 for a Web site coordinator in the final hour. The budget passed 6-1 without the support of Councilor Charlotte Bishop. “This doesn’t feel like the time to cut other line items to include positions, when […]
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3 Yarmouth council candidates, 2 seats; School Board uncontested
YARMOUTH — Three candidates are vying for two Town Council seats in the June election, but only one would be a newcomer to the council. Steve Woods, a member of the Planning Board, is running against incumbent long-time Councilor Erving Bickford and Carl Winslow, who is trying to return to the council after a one-year […]
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Falmouth council nixes workforce housing plan
FALMOUTH — After establishing a commission a year ago to pursue an affordable housing development on town-owned property, the Town Council Tuesday killed the proposal. Although councilors praised the Workforce Housing Commission and Developers Collaborative for their work, most had misgivings about the development’s location on Woods Road and the financial impact on the town. […]
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SAD 51 voters deadlock on school budget
CUMBERLAND — School Administrative District 51 officials are expected to recount ballots after Cumberland and North Yarmouth voters combined for a tie in the school budget validation referendum Tuesday. There aren’t many ballots to recount: turnout in both towns was around 10 percent, with 583 ballots cast in Cumberland and 247 in North Yarmouth. Cumberland […]
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Freeport to host 8th Women's Ride for Heart Health
FREEPORT — The eighth annual, all-women bike ride to promote heart health is scheduled to start on Sunday, May 31, at 9 a.m. The Bicycle Coalition of Maine will sponsor the event, and it will begin at L.L. Bean’s Casco Conference Center on Casco Street in Freeport. Debora Ladner, education and membership coordinator at BCM, […]
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Memorial Day march
Parade Marshal Howard Chadbourne II salutes the flag as Portland-area Girl Scouts and Brownies march past the reviewing stand on Monday during the city’s Memorial Day Parade on Congress Street. A day of bright sunshine and warm temperatures brought out a large crowd for this year’s parade, which started at Longfellow Square and ended with […]
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Teacher's wet
Sixth-grade math teacher Sarah Gavitt takes one for the team last week in a dunk tank fundraiser put on by students in Moore Middle School’s Invisible Children Club. The students raised money for a lunch program in a school attended by their pen pals in Malawi, Africa. (Michael Barriault photo)
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Falmouth council candidates to participate in public forum
FALMOUTH — The four candidates for two Town Council seats will face off next week in a question-and-answer forum sponsored by The Forecaster. Incumbent Councilors Will Armitage and Joe Wrobleski and challengers Fred Chase and Mark Soule will answer questions submitted online by the public and from a moderator, attorney Andrew Sparks. Sparks, who introduced […]
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Update: Police tentatively identify murder victim as South Portland woman
PORTLAND — Police have tentatively identified the woman whose body was found in a burning apartment Monday evening. Her accused killer, meanwhile, remained in Cumberland County Jail pending a judge’s decision about bail. The victim, 18-year-old Zoe Sarnacki, was a South Portland resident and former Deering High School student, according to a Police Department press […]
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Dining Dish: Chefs pitch in for Taste of the Nation
Dining Dish: Chefs pitch in for Taste of the Nation The fourth annual Share Our Strength fundraiser, Taste of the Nation, is fast approaching. The food and drink event takes place this year at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, overlooking the ocean. The June 18 event features 13 chefs from greater Portland’s […]