SCARBOROUGH — Metered parking will be a fixture along Bayview Avenue at Higgins Beach starting next spring. The Town Council voted 4-1 Wednesday night to make 11 spaces along the street free, one-hour metered parking from May 1 to Sept. 15. Two spaces for handicapped parking will not be metered. Councilor Peter Hayes was the only […]
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Cape Elizabeth councilors enact regulations for event venues
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council has approved a special events ordinance that will regulate rental of residential property for private events and parties. Councilors unanimously approved the ordinance on Wednesday with little discussion. They also approved a zoning map amendment that allows Sprague Corp. to continue to rent property for events. A public hearing was held […]
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‘Accidental’ firefighter: Departing South Portland chief looks to next chapter
SOUTH PORTLAND — When Kevin Guimond became a city firefighter at age 20 he wasn’t necessarily expecting to be in the profession for the next three decades. At age 49, now-Fire Chief Guimond is preparing to hang up his helmet at the end of this month. Over the weekend, Guimond announced he would be taking a […]
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Bath council gives initial OK to Dummer Street Court parking ban
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously supported first passage of a parking ban on Dummer Street Court. A resident of that street, James McLean, notified the panel in May about the difficulty garbage/recycling and oil delivery trucks have had navigating the street due to parked vehicles, Police Chief Mike Field said in an […]
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Maine high court hears arguments over access to Cedar Beach in Harpswell
PORTLAND — The saga of Cedar Beach continued Wednesday, with attorneys arguing the case before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The debate over public access to the sandy Bailey Island beach was set off in 2011, when landowners Charles and Sally Abrahamson blocked off the only road leading to the beach. Residents and public access proponents […]
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Brunswick Naval Museum to open for Veterans Day
BRUNSWICK — The town is getting a new museum this Veterans Day. The Brunswick Naval Museum and Memorial Gardens will open for the first time Wednesday, Nov. 11, with an exhibit about the history of the former U.S. Navy air station. The museum is a registered nonprofit, supported primarily by volunteers. It is in the former […]
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A peek at the polls in Cape Elizabeth
Alice DeGeorge, 4, waits for her mother Mara to finish voting at Cape Elizabeth High School on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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Falmouth planners OK Rivalries sports pub project
FALMOUTH — The Planning Board on Tuesday night approved a proposed expansion by a local sports pub. The board voted 3-1 for the site plan from Portland-based Rivalries to build on a Tidewater Village lot adjacent to Clearwater Drive and Farm Gate Road, behind Wal-Mart. Board member Chris Hickey voted against the approval. Board member […]
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Veterans Day events on tap in Yarmouth, Falmouth, North Yarmouth
YARMOUTH — Veterans Day observances are scheduled in Yarmouth, Falmouth and North Yarmouth on Wednesday, Nov. 11. American Legion Post 91 will hold its annual Veterans Day ceremony at 10 a.m. The ceremony will take place on the Memorial Green in front of Town Hall on Main Street and will last for about an hour. Following […]
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‘Final, painful, relieving’: 140-year-old church closes in Harpswell
HARPSWELL — The 10 remaining members of Faith United Methodist Church on Orr’s Island gathered to forever close their church the morning of Sunday, Nov. 1. The church, founded in 1878, was almost 140 years old. Its open, one-room sanctuary can fit about 100 people, but it had not seen numbers like that in years, according […]