SOUTH PORTLAND — Last summer, John Martin and Dora St. Martin sold their 15-room Victorian house in Lowell, Mass. and moved aboard the Windrifter, their 42-foot Westsail docked at South Port Marine. The couple, married for 22 years, have family living in the area and have spent the last 10 years enjoying summer weekends sailing […]
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Deering High School Auditorium gets $100k face lift
PORTLAND — For years, Deering High School’s drama and music programs have grown bigger than their historic auditorium, which was originally designed in 1942 for lectures and very small music performances. But now the Clinton W. Graffam Auditorium may actually accommodate its uses, thanks to a $100,000 renovation project. In 1982 the auditorium stage was […]
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RSU 1 chief hopes to limit budget hike to 3%
BATH — The superintendent of Regional School Unit 1 said Monday that he would be “thrilled” if he can hold an upcoming budget increase to 3 percent. William Shuttleworth said he expects a draft fiscal 2010 budget to be available for RSU 1’s March board meeting. While he is trying to keep the budget as flat […]
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Topsham selectmen OK boost in parking fines
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen on Feb. 19 unanimously approved increased penalties for various parking violations. Police Chief Timothy Young, who said he had been asked by the board to review the parking fine ordinance, presented a list of revisions that included doubling the $10 fine for overtime parking, parking in a crosswalk or sidewalk, […]
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S.P. board sends tougher shoreland, storm water rules to City Council
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Planning Board on Tuesday night sent a unanimous positive recommendation to the City Council for zoning changes to strengthen environmental protection in the city’s shoreland and flood zones. Many of the changes are mandated by state and federal agencies to allow South Portland homeowners to be able to purchase flood insurance […]
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Topsham selectmen urged not to rely on stimulus
TOPSHAM — While the state budget process is still in the early stages, Sen. Seth Goodall, D-Richmond, and Rep. Kerri Prescott, R-Topsham, spoke to the Board of Selectmen Feb. 19 about how that budget and the new federal stimulus package could affect Topsham. Goodall said the Maine Department of Transportation considers the resurfacing of Interstate 295 […]
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Region digs out, powers up after storm
CMP still restoring electricity in Brunswick service area BRUNSWICK — The wet heavy snow that clung to trees and power lines like white glue sure was pretty. The clean-up, however, wasn’t. For the second time this winter, thousands of residents were left in the dark following a major snowstorm that dumped up to 2 feet of […]
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License delinquencies dog owners, animal control
BRUNSWICK — Slammed doors. Profanities. Spit. These are things Animal Control Officer Heidi Nelson regularly encounters while enforcing laws and complaints about Brunswick’s estimated 2,200 licensed dogs. And at no other time of year do the doors slam, the insults drop and the spit fly more often than now. That’s because it’s time for Nelson […]
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Brunswick School Board hears budget pitches
Proposed spending increase could hinge on stimulus, closing Hawthorne BRUNSWICK — With an important vote approaching on the closing of Hawthorne Elementary School, the School Board on Tuesday heard proposals from department heads who were asked to deliver flat spending plans as part of the upcoming budget. For the most part, department leaders met the […]
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Cape's 'most complicated ordinance' moves forward
Panel puts Shore Road home in business zone CAPE ELIZABETH — The Ordinance Committee unanimously approved the rezoning of 553 Shore Road into the Business-A district along with other changes to the BA zone on Tuesday. The decision must be approved by the Town Council, which is expected to hold a public hearing April 13 […]