FREEPORT — The Freeport Rotary Club has received a grant from the Rotary International Foundation to partner with a local organization and help women in Kenya became financially independent. The grant of just over $3,000 is for a farming initiative for girls at an orphanage in Kakamega, Kenya. The club is working with Freeport-based Friends of […]
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Falmouth to buy 'unique ecological area' for open space
FALMOUTH — Three acres of privately owned land on Woodville Road will be preserved as open space. The Town Council on Monday agreed to purchase the land owned by Michael Bordick adjacent to the Falmouth Country Club for $30,000. Councilors also voted to amend the code of ordinances to allow two nonresidents to be appointed […]
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Yarmouth charity soccer event a win-win for teams, teen
YARMOUTH — Jared Conant may sit on the sidelines, but that doesn’t mean he’s not part of the team. The 12-year-old Yarmouth resident has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a terminal genetic disease that progressively degenerates and weakens muscles. But being in a wheelchair 95 percent of the time doesn’t stop him from being involved with local soccer […]
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Cumberland's Cross Road curve to remain unchanged
CUMBERLAND — Following a public hearing Monday where sentiment was strong for leaving the Cross Road “elbow” turn unchanged, the Town Council voted unanimously to maintain the status quo. The council also authorized a tax break for senior citizens, approved a 2 percent sewer rate increase, heard a presentation from the Cumberland Climate Action Team, […]
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Portland Housing Committee to focus on tenant security
PORTLAND — “Housing insecurity” will be the topic Wednesday, Aug. 24, when the City Council Housing Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall. Yet advocates of several measures designed to protect renters, especially those without leases or using federal housing vouchers, may find the policies they support will not pass muster with city officials. The […]
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Portland panel selects New York artist for Congress Square project
PORTLAND —New York-based sculptor Sarah Sze has been selected to create art for the redesign of Congress Square. The unanimous vote came at a Public Art Committee meeting Monday in City Hall. Sze’s commitment to collaborate with design consultants Wallace Roberts & Todd of Philadelphia was cited in the choice. Committee members said they were […]
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Mainers use 3-D technology to reach out to Dominicans
PORTLAND — Dean Rock is always happy to lend a hand – or 15. The Cumberland resident, who owns a 3-D printer, uses the device to print prosthetic arms for those in need. Rock is part of e-NABLE, a group of volunteers who print prosthetics and give them to people free of charge. “If you need a […]
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Portland officials tour schools targeted for renovations
PORTLAND — City and school officials on Monday evening toured two of the four elementary schools at the center of a proposed $70.6 million renovation project. The School Facilities Ad Hoc Committee, which earlier this month toured Presumpscot and Lyseth elementary schools, spent Monday night at Reiche and Longfellow elementary schools. Major renovations at each […]
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Anchors aweigh for MS research
Sailboats race in the MS Regatta in Portland on Saturday, Aug. 20, part of the annual MS Harborfest, a three-day festival of sailboats, tugboats, and lobster boats, combined with a shoreside benefit auction, that celebrates the waterfront and benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (Melanie Sochan / For The Forecaster) A sailboats makes its way to […]
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Falmouth murder suspect held without bail
PORTLAND — A transient man who was arrested and charged with a Falmouth murder last week appeared in court Monday for the first time, and was ordered held without bail. Kenneth Briggs, 27, who last resided in Portland, was also ordered by Superior Court Justice Joyce Wheeler to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Briggs was arrested […]