FALMOUTH — Property owners can expect a tax increase of 63 cents per $1,000 of assessed value in the 2016 fiscal year budget. The 4.5 percent increase was outlined by Councilor Russell Anderson, who chairs the council finance committee, at a joint Town Council and School Board meeting on April 9. Total expenditures would be […]
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Freeport as 'art hub'? Advocates believe it's possible
FREEPORT — Local artists hope to shed some light on their work and show residents and tourists alike that there’s more to Freeport than just good shopping. The Freeport Players and the Freeport Economic Development Corp. will host a meeting on April 28 to discuss the idea of creating an arts and cultural center in town. […]
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Portland councilors advance school budget, uncertain about municipal spending
PORTLAND — From the City Council Finance Committee’s perspective, the $102.8 million fiscal year 2016 school budget seemed in good order April 9. The committee, chaired by Councilor Nick Mavodones Jr., unanimously recommended the full City Council pass the spending plan. That would happen May 4, eight days before a scheduled citywide school budget referendum. […]
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Whittier to resign from North Yarmouth Board of Selectmen
NORTH YARMOUTH — With one seat on the Board of Selectmen already up for election in June, another will be vacant soon after voters go to the polls. Selectman Clark Whittier, whose service on town panels stretches back more than 30 years, announced at the April 7 Board of Selectmen meeting that he will step […]
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North Yarmouth Town Meeting OKs $2.7M budget, but not without questions
NORTH YARMOUTH — Town Meeting on April 11 approved a $2.7 million municipal budget, and spending $100,000 for the purchase and preservation of undeveloped Knight’s Pond and Blueberry Hill. The town budget, down nearly $117,000 from current spending, by itself would allow the tax rate to drop 19.6 percent, from the current $17.15 per $100,000 […]
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Main Street Bath loses director to Bath Iron Works
BATH — Main Street Bath is looking for a new program director after Carolyn Lockwood stepped down this month. Lockwood has returned to Bath Iron Works as a designer. After being elected to the City Council in 2012, Lockwood resigned last August when she became the paid director of Main Street Bath, which promotes the […]
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Portland office of Unum plugs into EV movement
PORTLAND — Unum has installed four electric vehicle charging stations for employees at its campus on outer Congress Street. “Basically, the idea of electric vehicle charging stations is being pushed through Unum as a corporation, and they’ve been trying to identify the right location to start for just about a year,” the insurance company’s corporate sustainability […]
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Portland School Board takes 3rd shot at revised elementary school hours
PORTLAND — The School Board is again considering new daily schedules for elementary schools next year. At an April 7 workshop and meeting, the board heard a third proposal for start and end times in the city’s eight elementary schools. Under the latest proposal, the Reiche, Riverton and Ocean Avenue schools would start at 8:20 […]
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Portland police: St. John St. market vandalism a hate crime
PORTLAND — Early morning vandalism Sunday at a market that caters to the Muslim community is being investigated as a hate crime, Assistant Police Chief Vern Malloch said in a press release. Police are looking for a white man who was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, seen on video spray painting an anti-Muslim phrase […]
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Sobering lesson in South Portland
South Portland firefighters prepare to place Caitlyn Tucker, a junior at South Portland High School, into an ambulance Saturday, April 11, at the Maine Mall after a mock car crash. The event was part of the Maine Teen Driving Expo, designed to raise awareness about the hazards of driving while intoxicated or distracted. It was […]