Last week’s story about the South Portland school budget should have said board member Michael Eastman would like to reinstate the certification coordinator position.
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Scarborough council amends TIF, seeks School Board cooperation on budget
SCARBOROUGH — In unanimous votes Wednesday, town councilors extended the length of time Cabela’s developers have to recover $8.25 million in taxes and endorsed a resolution that calls on the Board of Education to join them in limiting cost increases, including employee raises, in the fiscal 2010 budget. Under the terms of the original Tax […]
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South Portland council gives preliminary OK to school bond, charter change
City receives nearly $300K in Homeland Security funds SOUTH PORTLAND — With three members absent, the City Council on Monday night gave initial approval to a $5.83 million bond referendum to fund renovations to the two middle schools and high schools. A change to the City Charter that would allow the city to use the […]
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Taxes unchanged under Falmouth budgets
FALMOUTH — The Town Council will receive proposed municipal and school budgets in a special meeting next Wednesday. At just under $10.2 million, down $550,000 from this year, the fiscal 2010 municipal budget reflects a “substantial decrease in expenditures and fewer revenues,” Town Manager Nathan Poore said. The 4.8 percent decrease from this year’s $10.7 million budget will […]
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Visiting artist helps mold Scarborough ceramics students
SCARBOROUGH — For some of Lisa Ruhman’s students, taking a ceramics class at Scarborough High School was just a way to fit in a fine arts credit. At least before they began the semester. Now, regardless of their level of artistic talent, most agree the course has a lot more to offer than simply fulfilling […]
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Museum educator to tell tales of Yarmouth's past
YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth Historical Society spring lecture series will feature letters from the 1600s, stories from the 1700’s, and drawings and artifacts cherished and handed down from Yarmouth and North Yarmouth residents. By the end of the series, the society hopes to attract volunteers to share the town’s history with others. The first lecture […]
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Chain gang
Abigail King, 7, center, her mother Tina and brother Gage, 5, join more than 80 other volunteers on Main Street in Freeport last Saturday for the 13th annual Hand to Hand Food Drive. The volunteers formed a chain, passing bags of nonperishable food items from First Parish Church to the Community Center to restock the […]
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School chief search puts RSU budget on hold
FREEPORT — Regional School Unit 5 has delayed its budget process because selection of a superintendent of schools has taken longer than planned. Although the superintendent search committee held interviews on March 4, the recommendation of either Freeport and Pownal Superintendent Elaine Tomaszewski or Durham and Lisbon Superintendent Shannon Welsh did not take place at […]
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Court denies Greenlaw Salvage appeal
CUMBERLAND — A 2007 Town Council decision that denied a permit renewal for Greenlaw Salvage was upheld in Superior Court earlier this month. An attorney for Thomas Greenlaw said he will appeal the decision, taking the matter to the Supreme Judicial Court for a final verdict on whether the junk yard can continue to operate. […]
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Yarmouth senior housing looks to community for help
YARMOUTH — After providing affordable housing to independent seniors for 33 years, operators of Bartlett Circle are asking the community for financial help to help keep residents safe and secure. In 1975, the 28-unit, low-income housing complex was created by a group of Yarmouth citizens concerned about their parents’ living situations. The group of nine […]