BRUNSWICK — New state rules for municipal shellfish programs could help open denuded clam flats in intertidal communities struggling to overcome challenges to traditional harvesting. One of the changes proposed by the Department of Marine Resources would allow towns to apply for permission to move shellfish from areas closed due to poor water quality and replant […]
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
'There's TVs in the library!': New Scarborough school wows 'em on opening day
SCARBOROUGH — As third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students entered the new Wentworth Intermediate School for their first day of classes Tuesday, few could contain their awe. “There’s TVs in the library!” several students exclaimed, eyes wide, necks craned, and mouths agape as they walked through the main entrance. After a brief flag-raising ceremony Tuesday morning, the […]
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Cost of Brunswick storm repairs doubles to $200K
BRUNSWICK — The cost to repair damage to town roads from punishing rains in mid-August is now pegged at $200,000, twice the amount previously estimated by town officials. Town councilors on Tuesday unanimously approved appropriating money from the town’s general fund to cover repairs to culverts that were either destroyed or irreparably damaged by intense […]
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Cultivating a turnaround: Aquaculture grows on New Meadows River in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — It’s a calm, bright day, and Phil Gray is tending oysters growing in mesh crates that float in a line east of Bombazine Island in the New Meadows River. One by one, he flips the cages over, exposing algae and other build-up to the disinfecting effect of the sun and open air. Gray planted […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth Art Festival entry deadline nears
YARMOUTH — Artists have until Friday, Sept. 19, at 6 p.m. to submit entries for the Yarmouth Art Festival. The sixth annual art festival will be held Oct. 22-25 at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road. The juried art show accepts submissions of painting, sculpture, photography, etching, and digital media, with a $15 fee for […]
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Freeport half marathon, 5K return Sunday
FREEPORT — This year’s Freeport Half Marathon and 5K will benefit Freeport Community Services and the Freeport, Pownal, and Durham Education Foundation. The second annual road race will be held Sunday, Sept. 7, with the half marathon starting at 9 a.m. and the 5K starting at 9:15 a.m. The races start and end at the Freeport […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport council OKs defibrillators sought by Fire Department
FREEPORT — The Town Council Tuesday approved the purchase of new automatic external defibrillators for the Fire Department. Councilors accepted a donation of just under $8,500 for the purchase of the AEDs, which was previously discussed at the Aug. 12 council meeting. With the donations, Deputy Fire Chief Paul Conley will purchase four AEDs and cabinets. […]
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Falmouth planners pass on rezoning bid for cell tower
FALMOUTH — The Planning Board on Tuesday declined to send the Town Council a recommendation about a cell phone tower proposed off Field Road. The board held a public hearing on a conditional rezoning request from Verizon Wireless, but decided not to take any action, since there will be a merit review on the same issue […]
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UMaine panel OKs sale of Stone House in Freeport
BANGOR — A University of Maine System committee on Tuesday approved the sale of the Stone House, a century-old building in Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport, which is owned and used by the University of Southern Maine. The system’s full board of trustees will vote whether to finalize the decision to sell the […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Clinton on the stump in Portland
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton appeals to the crowd Tuesday night at the Portland Expo during a rally supporting Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s gubernatorial bid against incumbent Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent challenger Eliot Cutler. Clinton headlined the rally, which drew about 1,600 people and included speeches from U.S. Senate candidate Shenna Bellows, […]