CAPE ELIZABETH — Sprawled across several acres in town, thousands of strawberries will ripen as summer unfolds. The problem is the unfolding may not happen in time for the 11th Cape Farm Alliance Strawberry Festival at Maxwell’s Farm on Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29. The two-day celebration on Two Lights Road will begin […]
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Artists to paint the town for Cape Elizabeth Land Trust
CAPE ELIZABETH — Over the course of a weekend, 30 award-winning landscape painters from Maine will spread across town to paint the natural landscape en plein air. The outdoor painting event is the center of the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s annual Paint for Preservation fundraiser and Wet Paint benefit auction. Artists will paint from Friday, […]
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Bath seeks input on traffic changes for 2 streets
BATH — The latest in a series of proposed traffic remedies for Richardson Street and Western Avenue go to a public meeting next week. The City Hall gathering will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26. It follows a November 2018 input-gathering workshop at which a variety of temporary traffic-calming measures – speed tables and raised […]
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Construction closes section of South Portland Greenbelt through at least July
The project involves replacing the sewer trunkline from the intersection of Mussey Street, down 3rd Street and onto the Greenbelt 800 feet toward Broadway.
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Launch in Bath a year away for reconstructed colonial ship
BATH — Sporting a bushy gray beard, a tattoo and earrings, Rob Stevens looks the part of a man who has built a few ships in his day. He is head shipwright of the Virginia, the reconstruction of a vessel of that name built at the Popham Colony in modern-day Phippsburg in 1607-1608. For more […]
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North Yarmouth woman launches ‘retirement home’ for dogs
Laurie Dorr hopes to provide a home for as many as 15 dogs.
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Annual Cape Elizabeth strawberry festival ‘praying’ for better weather
The Cape Farm Alliance Strawberry Festival is scheduled at Maxwell’s Farm on Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29.
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Yarmouth production company wins SBA exporter award
YARMOUTH — A local production company’s impact on the worldwide television market has earned it recognition as Maine’s Small Business Exporter of the Year. Jynx Productions, based on Lafayette Street, was founded in 2005 by Kathleen O’Heron and Johannes Wiebus, who came to smalltown Maine to escape the rat race and find a wholesome place to […]
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Yarmouth family hopes for help from bone marrow drive
YARMOUTH — Two brothers diagnosed with a fatal genetic disorder hope a bone marrow drive may save their lives, or the lives of others. Brad and Garrett Martin both have dyskeratosis congenita, or DC, a rare disorder that disrupts the ability of bone marrow to produce new blood cells. Their family is hosting a bone marrow […]
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Falmouth council promises communication, weighs compensation
FALMOUTH — Town councilors elected Councilor Amy Kuhn chairwoman Monday and made a commitment to be more transparent and communicative with the public. Councilor Ted Asherman was elected vice chairman. Both votes were unanimous. Councilors also discussed a proposal to increase the rate at which members of the council are compensated, and approved a food service […]