BATH — Voters in Regional School Unit 1 and School Administrative District 75 will cast ballots on their respective budgets on Tuesday, June 9. RSU 1 – which includes Bath, Arrowsic, Phippsburg and Woolwich – has proposed a $27.3 million spending plan, which voters approved May 26 at a district budget meeting. The fiscal 2016 budget […]
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Falmouth, developer agree on Tidewater changes
FALMOUTH — The developers seeking to extend the life of the Tidewater Master Development Plan have agreed to complete a list of requirements in order to continue the project. Tidewater LLC approached the Town Council in January seeking an extension of the master plan, which was set to expire in April. The developers wanted a […]
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Class of 2015: Yarmouth senior on a mission to reinvent himself
YARMOUTH — Matt Crowley is all about opportunities. The Yarmouth High School senior said he learned to take chances and try new things after moving to Yarmouth at the start of his junior year. “Too often we get used to a daily routine and miss the opportunities that are right around us,” Crowley, 18, said. […]
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Portland City Council again postpones budget vote, enacts Uber rules
PORTLAND — A vote on the fiscal year 2016 budget was postponed to June 24 as councilors decided to see how the state biennial budget will affect city finances. In the course of two meetings spanning nearly eight hours, councilors also approved a temporary working agreement with Uber, the transportation network service that has operated […]
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Apathy wins in Portland school budget votes
PORTLAND — Fewer than 1,000 people turned out to vote for the May 12 school budget referendum, but it turns out that number is hardly shocking. Instead, it is just the latest in a continuing decline in voter participation in the spring referendum. School Board Chairwoman Sarah Thompson said the numbers are “a pretty telling […]
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Congress Street in Portland to close for First Friday Art Walk
PORTLAND — Congress Street will be closed to vehicles from State to Elm streets Friday from 6-9 p.m. as Portland’s Downtown District and Creative Portland celebrate First Friday Art Walk. The street closure includes a parking ban that begins at 4 p.m., according to a Monday press release from the groups. Side streets and the […]
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Portland Co. gets zoning change; referendum challenge looms
PORTLAND — City councilors on Monday approved a zoning change for the Portland Co. complex at 58 Fore St. But the 7-2 council vote may not clear the way for redevelopment of the 10-acre property. A neighborhood group opposed to the rezoning is collecting signatures for a citizen’s initiative referendum question that could block the […]
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Falmouth man sentenced for tax evasion
PORTLAND — The former president of a poker chip manufacturing company will serve 10 months in jail for tax evasion. John Kendall, 66, of Falmouth, was president of the now-defunct Chipco International, which was based in Yarmouth. In March, Kendall was found guilty of multiple counts of tax evasion for paying his employees off the […]
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Portland homicide victim's life celebrated in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — Speaking Monday to a crowd of more than 300 mourners, Micaela LeBeau summed up her feelings about Treyjon Arsenault. “The world lost a loving, goofy person,” LeBeau said of Arsenault, 19, who died May 26 after he was shot in a Portland recording studio. Arsenault was remembered in a Mass of Christian burial […]
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EPA grant will fund Casco Bay study
PORTLAND — The condition of the seabed in the Casco Bay shipping channel will be studied with funding from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant. The $350,000 grant to the Portland Harbor Commission was announced May 28 by the office of U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. It is part of a total of $2.3 million in […]