FREEPORT — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, will hold public office hours Saturday, May 23, from 10 a.m.-noon at Bow Street Market. Gerzofsky represents Senate District 10, which includes Freeport, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Brunswick and Harpswell.
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Falmouth school budget hike of 4.7% goes to voters
FALMOUTH — The town’s nearly $33.2 million school budget for fiscal year 2016 goes to voters June 9. The budget represents a 4.69 percent increase in expenditures. If approved, the school portion of the property tax rate would increase to $11.08 per $1,000 of assessed value, compared to this year’s $10.44, or an increase of […]
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Cumberland, North Yarmouth voters give school budget initial OK
CUMBERLAND — In a meeting that drew fewer than 50 voters May 14, residents of School Administrative District 51 approved a $33.8 million budget for next year. If supported a second time by voters at a budget validation referendum June 9, the fiscal 2016 budget will increase 3.6 percent over current spending. In comparison, budget […]
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Falmouth concert to benefit Furniture Friends
FALMOUTH — A concert to benefit the nonprofit organization Furniture Friends will take place outside Falmouth High School on Saturday, May 30, from 7-10 p.m. The concert, organized by the Falmouth High School Service Club, will feature Glen DaCosta, a Falmouth musician who played with Bob Marley and the Wailers. Other acts will include student […]
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Freeport's L.L. Bean honors former chairman
FREEPORT — L.L. Bean celebrated the leadership of Chairman Emeritus Leon Gorman last week with the presentation of a portrait of Gorman by artist Jon Friedman. Gorman, the grandson of company founder and namesake Leon Leonwood Bean, received the portrait in a ceremony May 15 at Bean’s corporate headquarters. The portrait shows Gorman, wearing L.L. […]
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Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Yarmouth parades to mark Memorial Day
FALMOUTH — People in the towns just north of Portland will be hard pressed to not notice it’s Memorial Day on Monday, May 25. Falmouth will host a parade, organized by the town’s American Legion Memorial Post 164, which starts at 65 Depot Road post at 10 a.m. It then heads to Foreside Road, and […]
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'This is not how municipal government works': Portland council postpones budget vote
PORTLAND — In the midst of Monday’s three-hour City Council meeting, Councilor Nick Mavodones Jr. posed a critical question. “What are we doing?” he asked as councilors wrestled with a series of motions that ultimately postponed until June 1 a public hearing and final vote on the $221 million fiscal year 2016 municipal budget. Before […]
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Ice cream boat to bring frozen treats to Casco Bay
PORTLAND — Some ideas are no-brainers. At least that’s what Ashley Rutherford thinks about transforming her recreational lobster boat into a mobile ice cream boat called Sea Snacks this summer. “My whole idea was an ice cream truck on the water,” Rutherford said last week, standing next to her 20-foot Mako at the East End dock. […]
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Portland petition drive seeks to protect 'scenic' views
PORTLAND — Opponents of rezoning the 10-acre Portland Co. Complex at 58 Fore St. have launched a referendum effort to block the proposed project. Save the Soul of Portland spokesman Dennis Bailey said Tuesday the group filed papers at City Hall and has seven working days to draft an ordinance petition. The ordinance would require […]
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Portland residents contest housing planned at Catherine McAuley High School, former convent
PORTLAND — A zoning change sought for the 19 acres containing Catherine McAuley High School and a former convent has stirred up the neighborhood. If approved, it could bring 400-500 new residents to the area between Stevens Avenue, Walton Street and Forest Avenue. The request by John Wasileski and Matt Teare of Sea Coast Management […]