CAPE ELIZABETH — Although millions of people visit Fort Williams Park each year, few remember what it was like when it was an active military fort. With the help of Cape Elizabeth High School students, former Town Councilor James Rowe is trying to track down veterans who lived in the fort. The plan, which was developed […]
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Scarborough program offers tax aid to aging residents
SCARBOROUGH — A new property tax assistance ordinance, intended to better allow senior citizens to age in place in Scarborough, will go into effect next year. It will allow eligible residents over the age of 62 to receive tax refunds based on their adjusted gross income. The decision comes on the coattails of changes to the […]
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Brunswick schools accept solar, hunger initiatives
BRUNSWICK — The School Board on Wednesday approved two new contributions to the Brunswick School Department, although one more reluctantly than the other. The board voted 5-2 to accept a donation and free installation of a 10-panel solar electric system valued at $10,000 from ReVision Energy of Portland. It also voted unanimously to authorize a new […]
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Neighbors appeal Brunswick train barn's DEP permit
BRUNSWICK — Members of a citizen’s group opposing the construction of an Amtrak layover facility were scheduled Thursday to appeal a key Maine Department of Environmental Protection permit for the project. Charlie Wallace, a spokesman for the Brunswick West Neighborhood Coalition, said the stormwater permit granted to the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority should be […]
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Cost to update Brunswick schools continues to rise
BRUNSWICK — The School Board received updated costs for building a new school or doing repairs as it decides how to update aging schools. Coffin Elementary School and Brunswick Junior High School were built in 1959, and have never had major renovations, according to a report for the School Department by PDT Architects. The result is […]
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Shoddy shingles on Harpswell Town Office to be replaced
HARPSWELL — The Town Office is getting a new roof. Again. It needs a new one because the old roof’s shingles were a “dismal failure,” in the words of Code Enforcement Officer Bill Wells. When the town installed the roof in 2003 as part of the new Town Office project, officials selected a type of organic […]
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Brunswick will start charging mooring fees
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday voted to establish the town’s first boat mooring fees. Beginning next spring, mooring owners will need to pay an annual $50 registration fee if they are residents, or if they have moorings in a commercial or public mooring field. Nonresidents will have to pay $100 to register. The town […]
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Police investigating 2nd assault report at Bowdoin College
BRUNSWICK — Police are investigating another reported assault near the Bowdoin College campus, one week after a reported rape at a college-owned Belmont Street residence. Police Department Cmdr. Marc Hagan said police received a call at 8:37 p.m. Tuesday night from a 20-year-old student who reported she was walking toward campus on Potter Street, near the […]
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South Portland opts for natural gas, not biomass, at Public Works Dept.
SOUTH PORTLAND — The new Municipal Services Facility will be fueled by natural gas rather than biomass, a decision some officials believe contradicts the city’s sustainability goals. The new, facility at 929 Highland Ave. will house a 70,000-square-foot Public Works Department building, along with a swap shop, compost pile, snow dump, sand and salt sheds, parking for […]
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Trail extension among Topsham Community Fund proposals
TOPSHAM — A bicycle-pedestrian trail, Lower Village park and roundabout, and pedestrian crossings were among the suggestions residents made to town staff at a Nov. 12 meeting on the town’s Community Fund. Fourteen members of the public attended, setting a record for Community Fund meetings, according to John Shattuck, the economic and community development director. […]