BATH — The second phase of one of the city’s prime job-creation engines should be “shovel ready” with lots to sell by this fall, officials said last week. Bath has chosen Harry C. Crooker & Sons to do the site work and infrastructure development on the next phase of the Wing Farm Business Park. The contract […]
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RSU 1 budget decreases, but taxes are rising
BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on the final draft of the fiscal 2010 budget on Monday, May 18. Directors will also sign a warrant for the June 2 public budget meeting and June 9 budget validation referendum. The board held a workshop at Bath Middle School on […]
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Topsham Town Meeting will include new invocation
TOPSHAM — In trying to get more people to attend Town Meeting next week, the Topsham Government Improvement Committee has added several changes, committee Chairman John Rensenbrink told the Board of Selectmen. Town Meeting will take place at Mt. Ararat High School at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20. Residents will vote on warrant articles that […]
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Topsham selectmen reject proposed change in Black Bridge traffic pattern
TOPSHAM — A proposal that could have led to a traffic change on the Black Bridge was defeated by the Board of Selectmen May 7 by a vote of 3-2. The proposal would have prohibited traffic traveling from Topsham from turning left onto Mill Street (Route 1) in Brunswick. The change would have required a sign […]
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Brunswick council to manager, schools: Cut deeper
BRUNSWICK — After receiving a preliminary fiscal 2010 budget with a 1.6 percent tax increase, the Town Council on Monday instructed acting Town Manager Gary Brown to carve another $500,000 from the $54.3 million spending plan. About half of the reduction will come from the Brunswick School Department. The council’s new mandate would mean no […]
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Bath prepares for Commercial Street upgrades
BATH — The city may soon seek bids on safety and aesthetic improvements to the area of Commercial Street that stretches from the recently renovated train station to the section beneath the Sagadahoc Bridge. The project cost is about $600,000, 80 percent of which is being funded by the state, according to City Planner Jim Upham. […]
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Brunswick astrobiology class hopes fundraiser will lead to blastoff
BRUNSWICK — A class of 25 eighth-graders at Brunswick Junior High School has been invited to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the June 13 launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Now the class needs money to get there. The students are trying to raise $13,000 for a trip that would not only […]
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Lip-smacking refreshment
With their companion, Falmouth High School senior Kiely Flynn, watching, Dixie, left and Bear enjoy a water break after the Habitat for Humanity Walk for Pets on May 9 in Falmouth. Bear, the walk’s mascot, was a homeless pet when Flynn adopted her during a service week in post-Katrina Mississippi. (Paul Cunningham photo)
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Dialed in
Bennett Agnew of Yarmouth seems to have his putt measured at the Special Olympics Maine Motor Activities Day last week at North Yarmouth Academy. The annual event is an opportunity for athletes with disabilities to gather and display their skills, with help from NYA middle school students. (Paul Cunningham photo)Chris Higham, right, receives a medal […]
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Scarborough voters OK $35.1M school budget
SCARBOROUGH — Residents on Tuesday approved a $35.1 million school budget for fiscal 2010 by a vote of 620-459. On an advisory question, Town Clerk Tody Justice said, 101 of the 620 affirmative voters indicated the budget was too high and 279 said it was too low. Of the 459 who voted against the budget, […]