BRUNSWICK — The School Board in a pair of meetings Wednesday moved forward on two items that will have significant costs for the town: the plan for a new elementary school and the proposed 2016-2017 budget. A new elementary school at Jordan Acres and repairs to the junior high school are projected to cost about $30 […]
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Brunswick job fair for former Merrymeeting employees attracts large crowd
BRUNSWICK — It may have been cold and rainy outside, but inside a second-floor room at Southern New Hampshire University representatives from 38 social services agencies were furiously recruiting April 11. They were hoping to fill a void left by Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates, the care provider with nearly 200 employees that closed down unexpectedly April 4. […]
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‘Cultural genocide’: Wabanaki commission’s findings preserved in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — So far from her family, and so isolated by her foster parents, a young Georgina Sappier-Richardson believed sitting in a tub of bleach could turn her skin white. Stories like Sappier-Richardson’s were unearthed by the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose records are now preserved in the Bowdoin College Library’s special collections. The […]
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Banners for Bath
Tony’s Dance Studio on Centre Street in Bath became a community art studio on Sunday, April 10, where families could create public art to be displayed during the 12th annual Banners Over Bath event organized by Main Street Bath. Banners will be hung downtown from mid-April through early June. (Keith Spiro / For The Forecaster) […]
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Cape Elizabeth mourns ‘kind, creative, original’ teenager Cole Amorello
CAPE ELIZABETH — The community was in mourning this week after the death of 17-year-old Cole Amorello, who died Monday from injuries he received in a single-car crash April 9. Police on Tuesday afternoon said Amorello “had been at a gathering earlier in the night where alcohol was being consumed,” although it was unclear if that […]
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Final 4: Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth narrow fields for school superintendents
SCARBOROUGH — The three finalists for the superintendent of schools position visited the schools this week, while the two finalists in Cape Elizabeth plan to visit Cape schools the week of April 25. The communities both used outside consultants to help with their search for candidates, and the leaders of both school boards said they are […]
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Freeport cuts more than $250K from 2017 capital budget
FREEPORT — The town’s five-year capital plan has been approved with a decrease of more than a quarter of a million dollars from last month’s proposal. The Town Council unanimously approved and adopted the plan Tuesday night, with changes that amount to a reduction of almost $259,000 for fiscal year 2017. The capital budget for next year […]
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Freeport High School students practice the art of building community
FREEPORT — Sometimes school work is about more than just receiving a good grade. For Freeport High School students enrolled in art classes, the pieces they’re making are about creating community and decorating the addition being built at their school. “It makes it feel like it’s not part of your grade,” ninth-grader Katie Morrissey said. “It […]
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Portland weighs raising age to buy tobacco products
PORTLAND — The legal age to buy tobacco products in the city will increase from 18 to 21 if Councilor Ed Suslovic has his way. “I’m curious to see where the opposition might come from,” Suslovic said April 8. “From a public health standpoint, it is a no-brainer.” An amendment to increase the age has […]
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Parents' concerns likely to kill Freeport library METRO stop
FREEPORT — A METRO bus stop proposed at the Freeport Community Library may be changed because of parents’ concerns. Library Director Arlene Arris said parents are worried about possible traffic and safety issues if a bus stop is placed at the library at 10 Library Drive. The express bus service between Portland, Falmouth, Yarmouth and Freeport […]
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