Bomb squad called to Falmouth to destroy Civil War cannon ball FALMOUTH — A routine visit to the Police Department Monday quickly morphed into an episode that could rival some action films – with a plot line that Stephen Ryder and his wife, Helga, of Edgewater Road, will never forget. While Ryder, 79, was at […]
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MaineHealth pulls out of Portland Bayside deal
PORTLAND — A $40 million project that would have put an eight-story office building and a parking garage on city land in Bayside has become a victim of the economic downturn. MaineHealth last week announced the cancellation of the project, citing economic instability and financial uncertainty. Bill Caron, president of MaineHealth, said in a written […]
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Dean's Sweets helps take the sting out of tax day
Despite the tumbleweed atmosphere gripping Exchange Street in the Old Port, there is no shortage of new restaurants and bars opening up around Portland. But first – Dean’s Sweets at 82 Middle St. is giving away truffles. Go in, tell them you heard about the “Tax Day Truffle” offer, and you get a free truffle. The […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport teens to present a curious version of 'Alice'
FREEPORT — A handful of creative Freeport High School students, in collaboration with Carol and John Farrell and Ian Bannon of Figures of Speech Theater, have created an adaptation of the Lewis Carrol books “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.” The Farrells founded Figures of Speech Theater in 1982 highlighting acting with […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Swing your partner
The 19th annual Down East Country Dance Festival at the Orion Performing Arts Center at Mt. Ararat Middle School drew a large crowd last weekend in Topsham, with Sue Rosen calling and music by Phantom Power. (Keith Spriro photo)
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Scarborough property tax rate expected to rise
SCARBOROUGH — Residents will likely see an increased property tax rate with the fiscal 2010 budget, Town Manager Tom Hall said at Wednesday’s Town Council meeting. With revenues projected to be down by 4.7 percent, even a conservative rise in expenditures, projected to be an increase of 1.06 percent, will be too much to maintain […]
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Ethics panel 'peels back the curtain' on Scarborough PAC
SCARBOROUGH — A state ethics commission hearing last week shed some light on operations of the political action committee behind last year’s failed Scarborough Downs racino proposal. Among other things, the hearing revealed a former state legislator was paid $30,000 for services that included his endorsement of the racino proposal. It also revealed some inconsistencies […]
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Falmouth principal: Education drives kindergarten change
FALMOUTH — Parents crowded into a classroom and settled into the small chairs at Lunt Elementary School on Tuesday evening to talk with Principal John Flaherty about his decision to switch all kindergarten classes to a 2.5-day schedule next fall. Under the new plan, Flaherty explained, students on the west side of town will attend school […]
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School consolidation worries Harpswell parents
HARPSWELL — Parents are expressing concern over the possible closure of West Harpswell School and transfer of its students to the Harpswell Island School. In light of declining enrollment and decreasing financial resources in School Administrative District 75, the district’s Comprehensive Strategic Planning Committee and Board of Directors has approved a planning framework that suggests Harpswell […]
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Sweet thanks
Penny Dennison examines Girl Scout Cookie selections last Saturday at Family Ice Center in Falmouth with the help of Maddy LePage, left, and Elizabeth Babcock before deciding which ones she will buy to send to troops in Iraq. The goal of the “Buy a Box for Our Soldiers” program run by Cumberland Girl Scout Troop […]