SOUTH PORTLAND — A traffic study suggests limiting parking to one side of some Knightville residential streets to reduce congestion and force visitors to use more remote on-street spaces. The study says the neighborhood has a reasonable amount of traffic, but most streets are too narrow for the parking demand, while much on-street parking is underutilized. […]
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South Portland weighs move to 1 middle school
SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Department is again considering combining Memorial and Mahoney middle schools. Still in the preliminary stages of evaluation, the Middle School Building Committee reconvened this summer after a five-year hiatus. It is tasked with analyzing physical consolidation of the schools, where a combined school (new or otherwise) could be located, and with […]
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South Portland middle school basketball teams get reprieve; not so for soccer
SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Board on Monday unanimously decided to maintain separate seventh- and eighth-grade basketball teams at Memorial and Mahoney middle schools, but to move forward with combined soccer teams. The vote partially reverses a budget decision made because of shrinking funds and dwindling participation. New Superintendent of Schools Ken Kunin recommended the […]
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At 30, Cape Elizabeth Land Trust hopes to make connections
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend and is hoping to gain new members. CELT will hold its celebration on Saturday from 4-7:30 p.m. at Turkey Hill Farm. The event, sponsored by ReVision Energy, will be free to attend. Executive Director Chris Franklin, who has been with […]
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Scarborough schools enter exchange with Dominican Republic university
SCARBOROUGH — A new study-abroad program in the Dominican Republic is available for high school juniors in the upcoming school year. The program will be established through a partnership between the School Department, the University of Southern Maine School of Human Development and Education, and Unibe, a private university in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The two-way exchange […]
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Harpswell land trust promises action after neighbors complain about activity at beach
HARPSWELL — Neighbors of Stover’s Point, a sand-and-gravel spit of land jutting off of Harpswell Neck, are not happy. They say the Stover’s Point Preserve, owned by the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, has become a hotbed of late-night parties, drug use, bonfires and off-roading. “It’s just disgusting,” said Billie Cereste, of nearby Eider Road, at a […]
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Proposed restrictions make waves at Higgins Beach in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — The Town Council next week is slated to discuss proposed ordinance changes that would limit early morning parking and outlaw public dressing and undressing at Higgins Beach. On the surface at least, the concern is about public parking: where it should be, whether it should be metered, who should park there, and when it […]
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After more than a decade, Harpswell coves open for clamming
HARPSWELL — Five coves that were closed to shellfish harvesting for more than a decade reopened July 30. The Maine Department of Marine Resources had previously prohibited harvesting at Dog’s Head Cove, Gun Point Cove, Indian Rest, Oakhurst Island and Ridley Cove, and Quahog Bay. Darcie Couture, the town’s marine resource coordinator, told the Board of […]
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Brunswick train barn construction moving forward, despite appeal
BRUNSWICK — The citizen’s group opposing a proposed Amtrak layover facility is appealing the rail authority’s storm-water permit. But the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, which operates the Amtrak Downeaster, is going to go ahead and start building it anyway. In an interview Monday, NNEPRA Executive Director Patricia Quinn said her team plans to meet […]
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Summer and school year, Brunswick High School goes international
BRUNSWICK — For three summers, Chinese high school students have been coming to Brunswick High School to see “the way life should be.” “The first thing that hits them is the fresh air,” said Robert Goddard, a social studies teacher who organizes the China program. “We take them right down to the shore and they just […]