BATH — The City Council on Wednesday approved bids totaling nearly $705,000 for work to be done on the Washington Street sidewalk. Lowest bidder Pratt & Sons Inc. submitted a base bid of nearly $554,000 for Washington Street and an alternate bid of about $151,000 for work on Webber Avenue. The project has been funded by […]
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Plans for Thomas Memorial Library renovations outlined
Consultants propose demo, moving Spurwink School building CAPE ELIZABETH — A town-hired library consulting firm presented a needs assessment of the Thomas Memorial Library to the public Monday, along with initial design ideas for renovations that would address those needs. Wisconsin-based Himmel & Wilson was hired by the Thomas Memorial Library Study Committee along with Casaccio […]
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Cape Elizabeth proposed budget down 3 percent
The $8.5 million budget includes regionalizing dispatch CAPE ELIZABETH — Town Manager Michael McGovern will present his initial 2010 budget at the Town Council meeting March 9. The proposed budget involves a 3 percent decrease from this year’s funding, bringing levels near those seen in the 2007 budget. The $8.5 million budget proposed would cause a […]
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Officers rescue man from attempted bridge jump
BATH — Law enforcers rescued a 29-year-old Bath man early on Feb. 28 who had reportedly attempted to jump off the Sagadahoc Bridge. At approximately 12:50 a.m. Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Cpl. Adam Baker was driving across the bridge when he spotted the man – whose name police would not release – leaning far over the bridge […]
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Students 'raise the roof' with Shelter Institute
WOOLWICH — After wading through a lesson on the Pythagorean Theorem, a small group of Mt. Ararat Middle School students got to put it to use by swinging mallets and raising a timber frame structure. The students, through the Riverview Foundation’s Access to Inspiration and Motivation after-school program, were hosted by the heads of the Shelter […]
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Topsham expects little impact from I-295 resurfacing
TOPSHAM — Encouraged by the way the Interstate 295 southbound resurfacing project ran last year, town leaders expect a similarly gentle impact on Topsham when northbound resurfacing begins this summer. The project will span 18 miles from Brunswick to Gardiner and cause northbound Interstate traffic to be diverted to the southbound lanes, while southbound traffic will […]
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In a Topsham minute
Digital sign changes could be limited to minute intervals TOPSHAM — Planning Board members on Tuesday favored allowing digital signs in town to change no quicker than every minute, and restricting the signs to commercial areas. Town Planner Rich Roedner will craft sign ordinance language and bring it to the board for review at a future […]
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Scarborough high gets 'green' gymnasium floor
SCARBOROUGH —Workers began ripping up a water-damaged wood floor last week in Scarborough High School’s Plummer Gymnasium. The floor became badly warped after a sprinkler pipe in a first-floor suspended ceiling froze and burst last Dec. 23. Thousands of gallons from the ruptured pipe soaked ceiling tiles and drywall on parts of two floors. But […]
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Bowdoin seeking $10.3M in stimulus funding
Wish list includes two joint projects with town BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College is hoping to attract $10.3 million of the $162 million the state is slated to receive from the recently enacted federal stimulus bill. Bowdoin’s wish list of “shovel-ready” construction projects includes two joint ventures with the town: replacement of a storm water drain at […]
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MRRA awaits response to BNAS housing offer
BRUNSWICK — The organization overseeing the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station is anticipating a quick response to its offer to purchase 702 military housing units, a move it says is necessary to control impacts on the local real estate market. The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority last week announced its attempt to purchase the base […]