SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough Public Library will be hosting a series of programs in collaboration with the Camden Conference. The programs will center around the theme “Russia Resurgent,” which will also be the focus of the February 2015 conference in Camden. Literary translator and Scarborough resident Lisa Haydren will kick off the series on Nov. 2 […]
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Senate District 23 election a 3-way contest
TOPSHAM — Three candidates are on the Nov. 4 ballot in the new state Senate District 23, which includes all of Sagadahoc County and the Lincoln County town of Dresden. Incumbent Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, is seeking a second term in the former District 19. Challenging her are Republican Linda Baker, of Topsham, and Green […]
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Topsham promotes assistant planner to department head
TOPSHAM — Rod Melanson, the town’s assistant/natural resources planner since 2004, was unanimously hired Oct. 16 by the Board of Selectmen as planning director, a role he has filled this year in an interim capacity. Melanson, who lives in Newcastle with his wife and two children, fills the position vacated in March by Rich Roedner, […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport council rejects panel to guide Active Living Plan
FREEPORT — The Town Council on Tuesday decided not to establish an Active Living Advisory Committee. Councilors amended a motion that would have created a committee to carry out the work of a task force that created the Freeport Active Living Plan. They voted 6-1, with Councilor Andrew Wellen opposed, to instead supplement the task force’s […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth candidates debate local, state issues
YARMOUTH — Candidates for Town Council and House District 47 discussed a wide range of topics in a candidates forum hosted Monday by the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce. The event was held in the Log Cabin and questions were asked by Carolyn Schuster, the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. Council candidates Joan Dollarhite […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport sewer board draws 3 candidates for 2 seats
FREEPORT — Michael Ashby and Sally Leland are hoping to keep their seats on the Sewer District Board of Trustees in a three-way contest Nov. 4. The challenger in the race is Jerry Kennedy, who has a history of serving the town. Ashby, who is also on the Water District Board of Trustees, did not […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Getting the hang of art in Yarmouth
Marilyn Bickford, Bill Macleod, Tamson Bickford Hamrock, Anne Macleod and Alice Ingraham, all of Yarmouth, work on hanging artwork for the Yarmouth Art Festival, which runs through Saturday at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church on Gilman Road in Yarmouth.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Pumpkins picked: End of the vine for the Wilcoxes of Intervale Farm
NEW GLOUCESTER — For every thing there is a season. This month at Intervale Farm, it is time to sell the year’s harvest of pumpkins and gourds at the popular farm stand. But it’s also time for its owners to close a 20-year chapter of their lives. This year marks the last time Jan and Carl […]
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Dueling cost estimates for Freeport's withdrawal from RSU 5
FREEPORT — Residents on Nov. 4 will vote to decide if Freeport will withdraw from Regional School Unit 5. The referendum question will ask voters if the town should leave the school unit it formed with Durham and Pownal in 2009, as part of a state-mandated school district consolidation. A group called Moving Freeport Forward […]
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Critics in Portland don't get a kick out of footgolf
PORTLAND — The nine-hole South course at Riverside Municipal Golf Course closed Sunday. On Monday, Mayor Michael Brennan was on hand to introduce the sport of footgolf, which begins play Friday. On Monday night, Congress Street resident Janet Daigle spoke to City Councilors about her opposition to playing footgolf on the nine-hole, 3,000-yard course. “It […]