SOUTH PORTLAND — Armed with a survey showing that teachers, parents and students support moving to later start times at the city’s middle schools and high school, the School Board voted Monday to create a committee that will make recommendations for moving back the start of school for adolescent students. The board voted 7-0 in […]
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Divided Cape Elizabeth council OKs funds for land trust acquisition
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council on Monday narrowly approved a $75,000 appropriation to benefit the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust. Councilors on July 11 also approved an ordinance rewrite and a compromise for tennis and pickleball players at Fort Williams Park. The funding for CELT was approved 4-3, with Councilors Molly MacAuslan, Kathy Ray and Jessica […]
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Bath museum uses Kennebec River to convey ‘Songs of Safe Passage’
BATH — On the shores of the Maine Maritime Museum, as the Kennebec River rolls past on its way out to the sea, melodies sung by two women lilt through the air – but there’s no one around. The voices are projected from four speakers – two on the river and the others on trees […]
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Gerrish: South Portland's record may complicate manager search
SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors met with the incoming interim city manager Monday to discuss specifics of the search for a permanent manager. What they heard is that finding someone to replace City Manager Jim Gailey, whose last official day is July 22, may not be easy. Gailey announced his resignation last month after nine years as […]
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South Portland nitrogen nabber
Deb Sandler, of South Portland, a member of Friends of Casco Bay, takes a water sample at the city boat launch at Bug Light Park during the Friends’ “Nabbing Nitrogen” event on Sunday, July 10. Volunteers collected water samples that will be analyzed to determine the level of oxygen-reducing and algae-producing nitrogen pollution in Casco […]
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Top cats in Topsham
Jillian Baltes, 3, of Brunswick, makes friends with the kittens at a Coastal Humane Society adoption event last weekend at Petco in Topsham. (Keith Spiro / For The Forecaster) Sara Lemieux and Skylar Kelly prepare to head home to Portland with Harper, the kitten they adopted at the Topsham event. (Keith Spiro / For The […]
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Sex offender residency restriction divides Yarmouth council, may go to voters
YARMOUTH — An ordinance that would restrict where sex offenders can live in town will either be approved by the Town Council on July 21 or go to a November referendum. Councilors discussed the proposal, submitted via a citizen petition, during a two-hour public hearing Tuesday night and decided to continue discussions July 21. At that […]
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State promises not to repeat last year's Freeport tree-cutting debacle
YARMOUTH — About a year after it came under fire for clear-cutting a swath of land along Interstate 295 in Freeport, the Maine Department of Transportation will again be cutting trees along the highway in Freeport and Yarmouth later this month. But this time MDOT says it will be “selectively cutting,” between Mile 14 and Mile […]
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New life for historic former funeral home in Portland
PORTLAND — A partner in a project to create market-rate housing and a new 15-room hotel on Congress Street said the work will give new life to an old site. Denovo LLC plans to convert the former Hay & Peabody funeral home at 749 Congress St. to a hotel with a restaurant, and build seven townhouses […]
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Falmouth council earmarks funds for 300th anniversary
FALMOUTH — The Town Council on Monday night approved appropriating $85,000 from a tax increment financing account towards the town’s 300th anniversary celebration. The final vote was 6-1, with Councilor Andrea Ferrante opposed. Erin Cadigan, the tercentennial coordinator, said plans for the 2018 celebration are moving along, but there is still a lot to get […]