FALMOUTH — The Town Council last week unanimously accepted a lease agreement with AT&T to replace the public safety communications tower behind Town Hall with a monopole for both municipal and public cellular use. The council voted 6-0, with Councilor Sean Mahoney absent, at the Oct. 15 meeting. The subject that dominated the meeting, however, was a […]
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North Yarmouth could vote on development options in January
NORTH YARMOUTH — Early next year could be a pivotal time for the town, with voters potentially deciding what to do with two important properties, and how much to develop the village center. The next step in the Village Center Redevelopment Process Timeline, as posted at northyarmouth.org and subject to change, is a public question-and-answer […]
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Cumberland House candidates discuss taxes, jobs
GRAY — The two candidates in state House District 45 squared off again Oct. 15 in a candidates forum that covered issues including taxes and how to keep young workers in Maine. Democrat Dale Denno and Republican Mike Timmons are running in the redrawn district that includes Cumberland and a southern section of Gray. The […]
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Falmouth club offers $2K gardening grant
FALMOUTH — The St. Mary’s Garden Club is offering a $2,000 single-recipient grant to a local nonprofit organization to promote a pollinator-supporting program. The one-time grant will be awarded to the organization that has the best plan to support pollinators, like birds, bats and bees, in Cumberland County. Projects supporting the Maine food system, including school gardens to […]
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Peaks Island school eyed for emergency solar power array
PEAKS ISLAND — The island school could be home to a first-of-its-kind emergency energy power source. A group of people including teachers and engineers met at the school library recently to start discussing the possibility of making the school the island’s designated Red Cross emergency shelter, and powering it by solar energy in case the electric […]
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Court backs city in Williston-West rezoning
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Oct. 16 upheld City Council approval of a conditional zone for the former Williston-West church properties at 26 and 32 Thomas St. The 6-0 decision, with Chief Justice Leigh Sauffley recusing herself, overturned a Dec. 31, 2013, Cumberland County Superior Court ruling by Justice Joyce Wheeler that […]
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Portland council OKs music festival on Eastern Prom
PORTLAND — Live music in a day-long show is likely to return to the Eastern Promenade next August after city councilors on Monday gave the go-ahead to hammer out details with promoters. By a unanimous vote, with Councilors Jill Duson and John Coyne absent, the City Council instructed acting City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian to move […]
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Nominal opposition for incumbent Democrat in Portland House District 38
PORTLAND — Seeking his second term in the Maine House representing the city’s West End, Democratic Rep. Matthew Moonen said he would like to continue his prior committee work while being part of the city’s legislative delegation. “Nobody from Portland is termed out, so there is a real opportunity for the Portland team to get […]
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Portland waterfront waste to help launch new business model
PORTLAND — The lingering question was simple for Icelandic businesswoman Erla Petursdottir. “What do we do with fish guts?” she said Thursday Oct. 16. In Maine, the same question is asked about lobster shells. The answer may be found in the New England Ocean Cluster, an approach modeled on the Iceland Ocean Cluster that Petursdottir, […]
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Incumbent Portland independent faces 2-party challenge in House District 40
PORTLAND — Incumbent state Rep. Benjamin Chipman believes Maine House District 40, encompassing Parkside, West Bayside and the area around the University of Southern Maine, needs its independent voice in the Legislature. Democrat Herb Adams and Republican Mark Lockman are out to prove him wrong on Election Day, Nov. 4. Adams, 61, of 231 State […]