SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Board on Monday unanimously approved a more than $40.5 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. The budget lays out expenditures based on an $875,000 cut in state education subsidy and does not include any potential funding from the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. […]
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South Portland Planning Board OKs gated community
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Planning Board on Tuesday approved the site plan for a 42-home gated community on the border with Cape Elizabeth. The first of four phases of the development, Carlisle Place, will consist of 13 single-family homes and construction could start in the spring, according to Mavis Brown, a partner in developer A.E. […]
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Scarborough gets funds for Pine Point Pier
SCARBOROUGH — The town on Tuesday was awarded a grant that clears the way for a new commercial pier to be constructed at Pine Point. Land for Maine’s Future has committed nearly $300,000 to the pier project through its Working Waterfront Pilot Access Protection Program. That money, combined with $400,000 appropriated by the town in 2006 and a $100,000 […]
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History class gets lesson from history maker
SCARBOROUGH — As he showed the old pictures to a Scarborough High School history class, Jim Sheppard’s matter-of-fact tone at times masked his enduring pride in the contribution he and others in his unit made to the country. The faded and often blurred faces and airplanes from the presentation could have been photos from old […]
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3% Freeport school budget increase sent to RSU
FREEPORT — The School Committee unanimously approved a fiscal year 2010 operating budget Monday night, with an increase of 3.02 percent, or $438,000, over this year’s budget. Now, the $14.95 million budget goes to the Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors, who with the help of the Freeport and Durham school business managers, will […]
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Landmark Falmouth fire station may close
FALMOUTH — Frugality may trump sentiment this year as the town once again discusses whether to close the Pleasant Hill Fire Station on Allen Avenue Extension. More than 450 invitations went out from the town to the station’s neighbors, inviting them to Town Hall for a public hearing and presentation Monday night by Fire Chief Howard […]
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Hardware helpers
Anya Pakulski, left, Haley Rice and Emily Bolles of the North Atlantic Figure Skating Club guard the medals while waiting for the judges to tally the results of the Masters competition at the 2009 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships last week at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. The Falmouth-based club was the host of […]
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Best in Class B
Junior Carter Cyr, right, screams in excitement with junior goalie Sam Kurland, left, and other team memberss after the Greely High School hockey team won its first Class B state championship. Sports, Page 13. (Brandon McKenney photo)
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Freeport teacher helps children learn the value of giving
FREEPORT — Laugh and Learn preschool teacher Wendy Marstaller turned an idea into reality 13 years ago when she inspired business owners, children and parents to pass donated food hand to hand along Main Street. “I just love community service,” Marstaller said. “I wanted to get people out on the street as a visual for […]
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Sturdivant Island film headed to Miami competition
CUMBERLAND — For some, a two-day foray to the Casco Bay islands is a retreat from everyday mainland life. For Michael Panenka and a handful of colleagues, an island adventure last August was an intensive immersion in what they do every day on the mainland. Loading a boat with actors, writers, editors, cameras, booms and […]