The South Portland High School Jazz Ensemble 1 took first place at the Maine High School Instrumental Jazz Festival last weekend at the school. In addition, the SPHS Jazz Combo 1 also took first place in its category, and the SPHS Jazz Combo 2 took second place. Owen Doane, a junior trombone player at SPHS, […]
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Cape council OKs sharing Scarborough harbormaster
CAPE ELIZABETH — Despite disagreements over the process, the Town Council on Monday unanimously approved an agreement to share Scarborough’s harbormaster. The pact must still go to the Scarborough Town Council for approval. Councilors also briefly discussed the proposed fiscal year 2017 budget before sending it to the Finance Committee. Utilizing the services of Scarborough Harbormaster […]
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Freeport turf field group seeks $100K from town
FREEPORT — Changes to the town’s five-year capital plan were proposed at a Town Council workshop Tuesday night. Councilors on March 15 went through each article of Town Manager Peter Joseph’s proposed plan, which has a fiscal year 2017 budget of $1.85 million, a decrease of more than $697,000 from this year. A public hearing and initial […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
‘A good problem’: Brunswick Landing company to add 200 jobs
BRUNSWICK — The former naval air station in Brunswick is enjoying a job boom. On March 11, Brunswick-based SaviLinx announced that it would be adding 200 jobs to its Brunswick Landing call center. The announcement came less than a month after Boston-based online retailer Wayfair said it would be opening a 500-employee sales center on the former […]
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Early St. Patrick’s Day in Brunswick
Patrick Byrnes cuts a green ribbon Saturday, March 12, to reopen Byrnes Irish Pub at 16 Station Ave. in Brunswick, which was shut down by a flood Feb. 16. Byrnes promised the pub would reopen in time for St Patrick’s Day, it’s biggest day of the year, and it did. (Keith Spiro / For The […]
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2 Falmouth projects propose affordable housing for seniors
FALMOUTH — The Town Council on Monday night spent most of a 2 1/2-hour meeting discussing two proposals for affordable senior housing. Representatives from the OceanView retirement community sought revisions to the ordinance regulating the Plummer school complex on Lunt Road. OceanView purchased the parcel in 2012, and is working to turn the school in […]
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South Portland school chief proposes 2.8% budget hike
SOUTH PORTLAND — A proposed $47.8 million school budget could raise the tax rate by 31 cents per $1,000 of valuation, Superintendent Ken Kunin told the school board Monday. In his first budget presentation since starting his job last August, Kunin said it is his goal to set the funding needed to provide “quality learning,” while […]
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Cumberland council rejects removal of stop sign, OKs Orchard Road work
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday voted 5-1 to keep a stop sign at the intersection of Blanchard and Skillin roads, as urged by several residents from that part of town. The panel also unanimously approved spending up to $7,000 to help with improvements to part of Orchard Road. The T intersection at Blanchard and Skillin […]
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Firefighters train in Yarmouth
Ryan Holmes, right, a firefighter with the Wells Fire Department, receives hand line training at the Yarmouth Fire-Rescue Training Center on Saturday, March 12. Supervising is Julian Beale, an instructor with the Maine Fire Service Institute in Brunswick and a lieutenant with the Auburn Fire Department. Holmes and 12 other firefighters from around the state […]
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Portland parks at crossroads for priorities, practices
PORTLAND — The city needs to separate the oversight of its parks from the Department of Public Works and develop objectives for open space management, according to a report submitted to the City Council. But elements of the Open Space Vision and Implementation Plan are already being undertaken, City Manager Jon Jennings said Monday. “I have […]