HARPSWELL — When winter ends and the spring sun makes the days longer and warmer, the American woodcock comes back to Maine to mate. And in Harpswell, he is watched. On a recent evening, eight people drove into the damp dirt parking lot of the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust’s Curtis Farm Preserve, just as the sun […]
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Brunswick councilors skeptical about proposed school budget hike
BRUNSWICK — The School Department’s proposed budget for fiscal 2017 went to the Town Council last week, but it’s likely the nearly $38 million spending plan will be reduced before it is adopted May 26. The proposed budget is now a 3.6 percent increase over this year’s spending. Combined with the proposed town and county budgets, it would […]
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Bath-area School Board sends $28.3M budget to voters
BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors on Monday unanimously approved a $28.3 million budget for next year. The spending plan includes three minor additions. The first two – about $7,000 for a lacrosse program at Bath Middle School, and about $10,000 for an additional day of nurses at Phippsburg Elementary School – […]
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Freeport moves toward plastic bag ban, paper bag fee
FREEPORT — Unless town councilors act sooner, voters next month may decide if the town will ban the use of plastic shopping bags and enact a five-cent fee on paper bags. The Town Council on Tuesday decided to move forward with a citizen petition that demands tighter limits on distribution of single-use bags than those previously […]
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Portland-Freeport commuter bus to launch June 16
YARMOUTH — The pilot METRO express bus service from Portland to Freeport will start June 16. The Greater Portland Transit District held a meeting Tuesday night at Merrill Memorial Library to discuss the three-year program. It was the first in a series of meetings to discuss the express service and other METRO services. Meetings will also […]
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Falmouth gadfly claims town fraudulently charged for documents
FALMOUTH — A frequent town critic is suing the town for mail fraud over freedom of access charges. Michael Doyle, of 3 Shady Lane, filed his complaint in U.S. District Court on April 25, and presented a copy of the lawsuit to the Town Council that night. He is suing the council, Town Manager Nathan […]
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Falmouth Town Council leaders not seeking re-election
FALMOUTH — Three current office holders, including the Town Council chairman and vice chairman, have decided not to seek re-election. Nomination papers were due back to the town clerk on Monday, May 2, for three council seats and two School Board positions on the June 14 election ballot. All are for three-year terms. Barring the […]
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Former Portland councilor criticizes proposed Washington Avenue work
PORTLAND — Plans to reconfigure travel lanes on Washington Avenue are unnecessary, former City Councilor Cheryl Leeman said Friday. “It appears to be an overly excessive reconfiguration of the road, and a complicated, expensive solution to a problem that doesn’t exist,” Leeman said in a statement. The repaving and reconfiguration of lanes from Presumpscot Street to […]
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India Street clinic closure draws criticism at Portland City Council hearing
PORTLAND — The $103.6 million school budget drew no public comment at Monday night’s City Council meeting before it was sent to a May 10 referendum. A new three-year lease with Bay Ferries Ltd. to restore ferry service to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was approved in a flash, also without public comment. But the proposed shift […]
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Cumberland-North Yarmouth school board backs 3.5% budget increase
CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors on Monday unanimously approved a nearly $35 million budget for next year – a 3.5 percent hike over current spending. The spending plan now goes to two votes by residents of the Cumberland-North Yarmouth district. The budget total, minus anticipated revenues, would produce a proposed tax […]
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