YARMOUTH — The Parks and Lands Management Committee is looking to the public for help in revising the Pratts Brook Park management plan. The 230-acre park, which is accessible from a main entrance on North Road, and from Ledge and Berryfield roads, has been seeing a growing number of users over the past several years. According […]
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Cumberland may ease standards for small roads
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council and Planning Board are considering a proposed set of eased standards for future subdivision roads and private ways. The revisions, which would loosen rules that govern the way smaller roads are built, were scheduled for a joint workshop Tuesday and may be discussed again by the Planning Board next month, with […]
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Falmouth student savors her 'front seat to history' as U.S. Senate page
FALMOUTH — Not many high school juniors pack up and move to Washington, D.C., for five months to live on their own and work for the government. But that’s exactly what Hannah Michaud did this past semester. And she had been working towards it for years. Michaud, a junior at Falmouth High School, recently returned […]
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Portland wholesaler ready to run for Sicilian wines
PORTLAND — Ned Swain has work that will keep him on the run next week. “When I get off the plane, I am going to start running. It is the scariest and most exciting thing I have done in years,” Swain said Monday of his eight-day business trip to three wineries in Sicily. Swain, 33, owns […]
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Portland city councilors hear calls for rent control
PORTLAND — Renters called for more regulations to ease the dearth of affordable housing at the City Council Housing Committee’s second meeting Feb. 10. “The free market is not going to ensure that Portland maintains its unique characteristics and charm or provide enough affordable housing for everyone,” former mayoral candidate Tom MacMillan said. MacMillan, who also […]
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Cape Elizabeth gun club argues against paying taxes
CAPE ELIZABETH — A gun club that has come under scrutiny in recent years from those worried about noise and shot containment is facing another round of fire from town officials. The Board of Assessment Review could meet as soon as this month on the question of whether the Spurwink Rod and Gun Club, which has […]
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Portland receives bids for Capisic Pond rehab, parking-ticket devices
PORTLAND — Bids opened last week revealed the restoration of Capisic Pond could be less expensive than anticipated. They also showed plenty of interest in digitizing the city’s traffic citation process. A $1.46 million bid by Stillwater-based Sargent Corp. to restore 4.5 acres of open water at the pond off Capisic Street is about $740,000 less […]
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Portland librarian hopes to shine light on rare sundial’s whereabouts
PORTLAND — Samantha Duckworth is trying to find a needle in a haystack. Or, more specifically, an old sundial somewhere in greater Portland. Duckworth, the science and technology team leader at the Portland Public Library, said the library was contacted by the North American Sundial Society to try and help track down the sundial. The society […]
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Yarmouth schools seek more spending per student
YARMOUTH — The proposed school budget for next year would increase almost $1.1 million, or 4.97 percent. Residents would see a 1.6 percent increase in the contribution to the school budget from property taxes, because of an increase in state aid of over half a million dollars. According to Superintendent Andrew Dolloff, the biggest driver in the fiscal year 2017 […]
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Improvements at Portland's Reiche School may cost up to $1M
PORTLAND — City Councilor Spencer Thibodeau expects to see “significant changes” at Howard C. Reiche Community School before the start of the next school year. And those changes could cost almost $1 million. Thibodeau said there are “a number of concerns” around safety and facility needs at the elementary school at 166 Brackett St. “It’s […]