HARPSWELL — The Board of Selectmen has agreed to extend its contract with Town Planner Mark Eyerman for another year. Eyerman is the husband of former Town Planner Carol Eyerman, who left in March to become assistant town planner in Topsham. He is also president of the Portland-based firm Planning Decisions. Harpswell has been without a […]
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New YMCA opens in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — At 6 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, the new Brunswick branch of the Bath Area Family YMCA officially opened for business at 24 Venture Ave. Located in the old gymnasium at the former Naval Air Station, the new facility houses renovated basketball and pickleball courts, yoga and aerobics rooms, and fully equipped weight and cardio […]
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Bath residents voice North Street sidewalk woes
BATH — More than 30 North Street residents have signed a petition asking the city to restore a sidewalk on the south side of North Street. While there had been sidewalks on both sides of the street – primarily from the “Five Corners” intersection to High Street – the south side now has a trail composed […]
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Straw vote next week in School Administrative District 75 on new Topsham high school
TOPSHAM — Residents in School Administrative District 75 will vote in a straw poll next week on whether to build a new Mt. Ararat High School on the existing campus. The Jan. 21 vote will not identify a specific location on the 40-acre campus, but will concern whether the new school should be placed somewhere […]
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Freeport may have dueling votes on bag ban, fee
FREEPORT — The ordinance committee Tuesday decided to send a proposed 5-cent fee on plastic and paper shopping bags to voters in a nonbinding June referendum. But a group of residents is also working on a petition to place a binding referendum on the ballot to ban single-use bags. The committee’s decision followed the Town Council’s Oct. […]
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Freeport may try overlay zoning to restrict businesses
FREEPORT — Commercial uses may soon be excluded from a small neighborhood near downtown if an overlay zoning amendment is approved by the Planning Board and Town Council. Residents on Cottage and Forest streets, two dead-end roads accessible from West Street, petitioned for the amendment after a house on Cottage Street was converted into office space. The […]
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Cumberland to consider fire station expansion
CUMBERLAND — An expansion of the nearly 50-year-old Central Fire Station may be in the works. The Town Council on Monday unanimously voted to form a committee to explore the project. Councilors also heard an update on a court appeal over Cumberland’s use of the former Payson property; voted to reconsider their decision last month […]
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Falmouth fee on single-use shopping bags takes effect April 1
FALMOUTH — Customers at the town’s six largest retail stores will have to pay a 5-cent fee for single-use plastic and paper shopping bags starting April 1. The Town Council on Monday night unanimously amended the code of ordinances to regulate the bags. According to the ordinance language, the 5-cent fee on paper and plastic […]
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Portland ‘fencing’ operation finances Fort Allen improvements
PORTLAND — By the end of the week, it will be hard to know the old fence on the path near Fort Allen Park has been replaced. Yet the 356-foot sections of wrought iron extending past the U.S.S. Portland memorial are one of the finishing touches to the park restoration, and were funded in small part […]
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Falmouth council hopes to fast-track Route 1 development project
FALMOUTH — Town Councilors on Monday discussed the next steps in a partnership announced last week with the Maine Department of Transportation that will make about 11 acres of state-owned land along Route 1 available for private development. MDOT give the land at the eastern end of the Maine Turnpike Falmouth Spur to a developer, who in […]