FALMOUTH — The Planning Board took no action Tuesday night on the latest application for a proposed restaurant and sports bar off Clearwater Drive. The board had scheduled a site plan review on the proposal by Portland-based Rivalries for Tidewater Village parcel behind Wal-Mart. But members decided not to vote on the application and instead […]
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Subsidy hike for Regional School Unit 1 means tax break for Bath
BATH — Thanks largely to Regional School Unit 1 receiving more state subsidy than expected, the city’s projected tax increase for fiscal 2016 is dropping from almost 5 percent to 2.5 percent. A change in how the city applies the state’s Business Equipment Tax Exemption funds also contributed to the reduction. The Bath-based school district […]
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Yarmouth town manager: Keep Bridge Street dam
YARMOUTH — Town Manager Nat Tupper is recommending that the Bridge Street dam not be removed. Tupper on Sept. 3 suggested to the Town Council that it vote to keep the dam, despite discussions earlier this year about removing it, which coincided with the dredging of the Royal River. The dredging was completed in February. “My recommendation is that […]
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Falmouth to hear opinions about plastic bag ban
FALMOUTH — The first chance for public input on a possible ordinance to ban the use of single-use plastic bags will be at the Sept. 16 Town Council meeting. Councilors have indicated a desire to get an ordinance in place by Jan. 1, 2016. The town’s Recycling and Energy Advisory Committee outlined a two-year phase-in […]
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Topsham school board member resigns for California job
TOPSHAM — Scott McKernan, a member of the School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors since 2007, is resigning to take a job in California. With two years remaining in his current term, McKernan’s Topsham seat will be on the Nov. 3 election ballot, along with the seat held by Dorothy Gardner, who plans to run […]
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Cumberland Woodbank to collect, process, deliver wood
CUMBERLAND — With summer drawing to a close, the Cumberland Woodbank is making sure those in need will be able to keep warm. The organization plans to collect, process and deliver hardwood starting at 8 a.m. each Saturday from Sept. 12-30. The Woodbank seeks donations, as well as volunteers, log splitters, dump trucks, and trailers […]
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North Yarmouth special election: 2 contenders, 1 Board of Selectman seat
NORTH YARMOUTH — Two longtime residents are competing in this month’s special election for the Board of Selectmen seat vacated by Clark Whittier. Keith Thompson of Bryn Lane, who was narrowly defeated by Jeanne Chadbourne in June’s regular Board of Selectmen election, is running again. His opponent Jim Moulton of Mill Road has previously served […]
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Portland women’s history gets its own app
PORTLAND — A digital guide that takes users on a meandering path to more than 100 women’s historic sites around the city is now available as a free app for smart phones. Eileen Eagan, an associate professor of history at the University of Southern Maine for nearly 30 years, constructed the web-based Portland Women’s History Trail with her […]
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Remembering L.L. Bean’s Leon Gorman: ‘He ran this company as something larger than a business’
FREEPORT — For only the third time in company history, the L.L. Bean flagship store will be closed for four hours Sept. 13 to honor Chairman Emeritus Leon Gorman. Gorman, the grandson of company founder and namesake Leon Leonwood Bean, had cancer and died on Thursday, Sept. 3 at his home in Yarmouth. He was 80 years […]
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Portland Planning Board gets India Street zoning changes
PORTLAND — Two recommendations that could shape the future of the India Street neighborhood will go to the Planning Board Sept. 15. The first item seeks a board recommendation on “form-based” zoning for the neighborhood, to ensure a level of conformity between new and existing construction. The second item would create a historic preservation district for […]