FALMOUTH — Maine’s highest court has rejected an appeal by a frequent town government critic who sought School Department telephone records under the state’s Freedom of Access Act. Michael Doyle, of Applegate Lane, requested all the phone records from former Superintendent of Schools Barbara Powers’ town-issued cell phone. When the town responded by providing redacted […]
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Falmouth hires firm to create 1-stop code database
FALMOUTH — The town has hired a Texas-based consulting firm to lead the effort of reorganizing its land use codes and developing a new Unified Development Code. The firm, Kendig Keast Collaborative, will be paid $90,000 for the year-long effort of simplifying and clarifying land use codes. The project will last until late 2015, and […]
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Falmouth, Freeport break-ins could be work of traveling gang
FALMOUTH — A series of vehicle break-ins in Falmouth and Freeport have police investigating a possible connection to a national string of similar crimes. The forced vehicle entries at Foreside Fitness on Route 1 in Falmouth and at the Casco Bay Regional YMCA on Old South Freeport Road in Freeport occurred on Dec. 18. The […]
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Portland woman aims to crowdsource lobstering career
PORTLAND — When Marianna Tracy first went lobstering 15 years ago on Cliff Island, she knew she’d found her calling. “I just loved it, I tried it one day when I moved to the island and I fell in love with being on the water,” Tracy said last week. She said she went out for […]
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Peaks pond purchase preserves island pleasures
PORTLAND — A tradition of outdoor recreation will continue on Peaks Island as the Peaks Island Land Preserve this week completes its purchase of the Ice Pond for $60,000. “It is wonderful, we literally have been looking at the pond for nearly 20 years,” PILP President John Whitman said Dec. 26. “We are not only […]
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Weapons, and more, for cops: Portland-area police get $2M in surplus military equipment
In the past nine years, Portland-area police departments have received more than $2.07 million worth of combat rifles, armored vehicles and other equipment through a Defense Department program that transfers military supplies to domestic law enforcement agencies. A review of inventories released by the Pentagon in November and compiled by nonprofit news site The Marshall […]
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North Yarmouth development study results postponed
NORTH YARMOUTH — A Portland architectural firm is now expected to deliver a final facilities study report to the Board of Selectmen no earlier than mid-January, Chairman Steve Palmer said last week. The $18,000 study involves three development options on the town’s horizon. A public presentation originally scheduled for Jan. 7 has been postponed to […]
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Portland, Westbrook police investigate Saturday-night gunfire
PORTLAND — Police in Westbrook and Portland are investigating shots fired into a home and a car overnight Saturday, but would release few details Sunday afternoon about either case. Citing an ongoing investigation, Police Lt. Bob Doherty said Sunday that shots were fired sometime overnight into a car parked on Birchvale Drive, in the Deering […]
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Cumberland-North Yarmouth school district considers turf field, performing arts center
CUMBERLAND — An artificial turf field and performing arts center will be subjects of a School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors workshop Monday, Jan. 5. “There’s been a lot of interest, I think, in the community” around both projects, and committees have been tasked with looking into them, SAD 51 Superintendent Jeff Porter said […]
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UPDATED: Cape Elizabeth woman, 65, died before kitchen fire started
CAPE ELIZABETH — A 65-year-old woman died of natural causes Friday, Dec. 26, before a fire broke out in the kitchen of her 75 Starboard Drive home. The determination on the death of Lamy Alkurdy was made Saturday after an autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said. […]