HARPSWELL — Just two months after a fire gutted its business office and parts shop, the Great Island Boat Yard is on track for a speedy recovery. Owner Steve Rowe is hoping to build a 5,000-square-foot building to replace a similarly sized structure destroyed by a Nov. 9 blaze that caused an estimated $500,000 in […]
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m-harpnominations-011609 Harpswell nomination papers due Jan. 28
HARPSWELL — Nomination papers for three elected offices are due Jan. 28. A selectman, School Administrative District 75 director and road commissioner will be elected by residents at Town Meeting on March 14. Candidates interested these positions must submit nomination papers to the town clerk’s office with signatures from at least 25 residents by 4:30 […]
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Snow fields
Rich Obrey photo Blue skies and warm temperatures moved in after last weekend’s snow, coaxing Chet Scamman, Amanda Albee and Buck the dog out for walk in the solitude of Fuller Farm, off Broadturn Road in Scarborough.
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m-brunBNAShousing-011609 Meeting planned on BNAS closure, housing impacts
BRUNSWICK — The public on Jan. 22 will hear comment from officials involved in the 2011 closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station, including the United Kingdom-based firm that’s started marketing a third of the 702 military housing units it controls there. The BNAS communications office announced the meeting this week. It will be held at […]
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s-spschoolbond-011609 Board scraps plan for high school bond
SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Board, blaming the recession and future economic uncertainties, has decided not to send voters another bond for high school renovations. Instead, the School Department will concentrate on small-scale improvements to the school. The board will hold a workshop in February to discuss how to fund those improvements. Monday’s unanimous decision […]
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s-statebudget-011609 Towns bracing for reduced state funding
Gov. John Baldacci last week unveiled a fiscal 2010-2011 budget that attempts to reduce spending to meet a $330 million drop in revenues caused by the national recession and an additional structural gap of $508 million. The $6.1 billion budget, which includes increases to hunting and fishing license fees, but no tax increases, is about […]
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Bigger, better moon
A full moon rises over Topsham last Saturday afternoon. Because the moon is closer to the earth than usual, it appeared 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter.
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m-topselectmen-011609 Penalties rise for non-permitted projects; regional trail system advances
TOPSHAM – The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Jan. 8 to increase the fine for starting or completing work in town without a permit to five times the permit cost. While the current penalty is a $50 fine for building and electrical permits and double the permit fee for plumbing, the new penalty could drive […]
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m-bathcouncil-011609 Chocolate Church seeks grant funds for improvements
BATH – The City Council voted Jan. 7 to endorse an application for $150,000 in community development block grant funds to support improvements at the Chocolate Church Arts Center. The public facilities grant, for which Bath’s community development office is applying this month on behalf of the arts center, would go toward much-needed repairs to […]
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m-topplanningboard-011609 Digital sign ordinance moves back to workshop
TOPSHAM — The Planning Board will rework a draft ordinance governing placement and use of changeable, digital signs and discuss it again in a Feb. 3 workshop. Planning Director Rich Roedner said on Tuesday that the town received notice last spring of changes the state made to the Maine Department of Transportation’s digital sign law. […]