SOUTH PORTLAND — Three candidates are competing for the open seat to represent House District 33 in the state Legislature. Democrat Rosemarie De Angelis, Republican Kevin Battle and Green Independent Andrew Reddy are on the ballot in November. District 33 includes neighborhoods west of Main Street and north of Broadway, up to Tanner Street. Prior to redistricting, […]
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Volk versus Boyle for Scarborough Senate seat
SCARBOROUGH — In a match-up of two serving legislators, two-term state Rep. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough, is challenging incumbent first-term Sen. Jim Boyle, D-Gorham, in Senate District 30. Formerly Senate District 6, the new district includes Gorham, Buxton and most of Scarborough. James Boyle Boyle is 56 and lives on Dundee Road in Gorham with his partner, […]
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Dredging of Royal River in Yarmouth to begin by mid-October
YARMOUTH — The overdue dredging of the Royal River is expected to begin in October under a $2.1 million contract awarded this month. Project Manager Michael Walsh of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said a $2.1 million contract for the dredge was awarded Sept. 5 to Burnham Associates, of Salem, Massachusetts. The corps in […]
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Falmouth police to provide drug take-back
FALMOUTH — The Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency will be sponsoring a drug take-back program on Saturday, Sept. 27. The event, which will run from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., will be in the lobby of the Police Department at 2 Marshall Drive. The goal is to prevent pill abuse and theft by collecting expired, […]
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Cumberland council OKs bond for senior housing work
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday unanimously approved a 20-year bond of $740,000 primarily to fund senior housing heating systems and roofs. The new systems would replace those in 30 units at the town-owned Hawthorne Court off Tuttle Road, and are long overdue, Town Manager Bill Shane said last month. The council, asked by […]
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Cumberland pair seek open seat in House District 45
CUMBERLAND — Republican Mike Timmons and Democrat Dale Denno are vying to replace state Rep. Steve Moriarty, D-Cumberland, who is not seeking a second term in the state House of Representatives. Timmons and Denno are running the redistricted House District 45, which includes Cumberland and a southern section of Gray. Moriarty represented District 108, which […]
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Legislative veteran, newcomer square off in Senate District 28
PORTLAND — Democratic state Sen. Anne Haskell has tenure in the Legislature extending over three decades, and has worked for state agencies. “I got to know a lot of people who make the state run on a day-to-day basis,” she said. Green Independent Owen Hill, meanwhile, is a neophyte making his first run for elected […]
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Breen, Manchester battle in open Senate District 25
FALMOUTH — The race for Senate District 25 will, without a doubt, go to someone named Cathy. But that’s where most of the similarities end between Democrat Cathy Breen of Falmouth and Republican Cathy Manchester of Gray. The district, most of which has previously been represented by independent Sen. Richard Woodbury of Yarmouth, includes Chebeague Island, […]
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Falmouth cell tower focus returns to Town Hall
FALMOUTH — A debate over cell phone towers in a rural neighborhood was put on hold Monday, when a scheduled public hearing was postponed at the request of applicant Verizon Wireless. Instead, most of discussion focused on an agreement with AT&T about replacing the current public safety communication tower behind Town Hall with a new monopole tower […]
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Portland's Cross Insurance Arena closer to private management
PORTLAND — After getting a new look and new name, the Cross Insurance Arena will soon have new management, too. Neal Pratt, chairman of the arena board of trustees, announced Friday, Sept. 19, that negotiations will begin with Philadelphia-based Global Spectrum to manage the 6,900-seat arena. A successful agreement would mark the first time the […]