PORTLAND — Police on Monday said a Cumberland woman repulsed an armed attacker last week when she pulled a gun on the suspect. It was the third report of a violent crime in the city in less than a week. The other two incidents remain unsolved. Lt. James Sweatt said the 35-year-old woman was approached […]
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Class of 2015: Brunswick senior sees world as not so black, white
BRUNSWICK — Little about Garrett LeRoy hints that he cannot see in color. The Brunswick High School graduating senior rides a 1989 blue, red, and gold Yamaha Radian YX600 motorcycle, and his clothes don’t clash. But LeRoy is “100 percent” colorblind, and has been since birth. “I’ve never seen anything but a lot of grays and […]
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Chebeague weighs reduced budget, higher taxes
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Residents will vote on a budget of more than $3 million at Town Meeting on Saturday. The proposed budget is down 2.2 percent, or almost $67,000, from the current year. But if approved, the tax rate would increase $1.90, or 9 percent, to $22.80 per $1,000 of assessed value. Town Administrator Marjorie Stratton […]
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Yarmouth, RSU 5 school budgets head to voters
YARMOUTH — Residents of Yarmouth and Freeport will be voting on the towns’ respective school budgets on June 9. Yarmouth residents will vote on a school budget of $22 million, which was approved Tuesday by Town Meeting. The School Committee budget has an increase of almost $844,000 from the current year, or 3.98 percent. If approved […]
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Falmouth planners still wrestle with Rivalries traffic, parking
FALMOUTH — Despite a scaled back proposal from the developers, members of the Planning Board and public are still expressing concerns over parking and traffic for a proposed bar and restaurant off Clearwater Drive. On Tuesday night, the latest preliminary proposal for Rivalries came before the Planning Board for a second sketch plan review. Civil […]
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Portland planning director leaving for Yarmouth post
PORTLAND — For 34 years, Planning Division Director Alex Jaegerman has helped shape the course of the city’s growth. After June 25, he will shift his sights north to Yarmouth as the town’s new planning director. Jaegerman’s departure is the latest in a year-long personnel exodus from City Hall. City Manager Mark Rees, acting City […]
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Cumberland will sue to clean up former junk yard
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council voted unanimously Monday to again sue the owner of a former junk yard to force him to clean up his property. The decision came after expiration of a 10-day notice the town gave Thomas Greenlaw, former owner of Greenlaw Salvage at 1 Longwoods Road, to remove “all junk materials and […]
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Police seek help identifying woman's body
PORTLAND — Police on Monday again asked for the public’s help in identifying the body of a woman found May 22 on East End Beach. A press release from Lt. James Sweatt said the woman’s death is not considered suspicious. She is described as Asian, 5 feet 1 inch tall, about 100 pounds, with dark […]
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Lewiston Somalis give new life to New Gloucester, Pownal farms
NEW GLOUCESTER — A new season, a new chapter, and new beginnings are taking root for an immigrant community and unused farmland. Intervale Farm, which ended its nearly 20-year run of harvesting and selling popular pumpkins and gourds last October, has a new crop of farmers. The Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine, a Lewiston-based […]
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False door gets building around Brunswick regulation
BRUNSWICK — A proposed dental office on Baribeau Drive will have a fake door, with the Planning Board’s blessing, to get around town regulations. The board last week also initially approved an application from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority for a seven-lot subdivision at Brunswick Landing. The dental office was tabled at the Planning Board’s May […]