BRUNSWICK — Nine years ago, an advisory committee set up to review a proposed boat launch at Mere Point suggested the town monitor commercial users at the site for the first few years, to determine if wear on the facilities or impact to local businesses would make permits necessary. That monitoring proved that concerns the Mere Point […]
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Cape Elizabeth church: '100 years joyful, thankful, useful and hopeful'
CAPE ELIZABETH — St. Alban’s Episcopal Church began with a sermon under a tent at Fort Williams in 1914. One hundred years, and a few locations later, it celebrated the same way. Maine’s largest episcopal church held its centennial celebration on June 22, exactly 100 years from the day of the church’s founding. To capture what […]
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Planning Board gets unique plan for Brunswick Landing development
BRUNSWICK — The outline of a $20 million development billed as a “gateway” to Brunswick Landing was presented Tuesday to the Planning Board. The project, a joint enterprise between Topsham-based Priority Real Estate Group and the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, is sketched out in a first-of-its-kind Common Development Plan submitted to the planning office in May. Since […]
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Sweet season in Cape Elizabeth
South Portland resident Isaac Arey, 4, hands a freshly picked strawberry to grandmother Judy Abaz on Tuesday at Maxwell’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth. The town hosted its sixth annual Strawberry Festival last weekend.
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Freeport takes 1st step toward banning plastic shopping bags
FREEPORT — Foam cups and food containers are already outlawed in town, and disposable plastic shopping bags may be next. The Town Council on Tuesday reviewed an ordinance proposing a ban on the disposable plastic bags, and sent the document to the ordinance committee for further action. The proposal, written by Freeport residents Elly Bengtsson and […]
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North Yarmouth board waives term limit, re-elects Palmer
NORTH YARMOUTH — The Board of Selectmen Tuesday unanimously waived for one year a limit on how long a member can serve as chairman, and then re-elected Selectman Steve Palmer to the post for a third consecutive year. The vote for Palmer was 4-0, with Palmer abstaining. The board also appointed longtime Selectman and former […]
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Carville, Maine Dems' lobster bake coming to Freeport
FREEPORT — Local food and politics, and a national political operative, are coming together Aug. 1 at Maine Democrats’ annual Muskie Lobster Bake. Besides the expected slate of Democratic candidates – gubernatorial hopeful U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, incumbent 1st Congressional District Rep. Chellie Pingree, U.S. Senate candidate Shenna Bellows, and 2nd Congressional District candidate Emily Cain […]
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Business 'incubator' opens in downtown Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — A new downtown office space set up to provide a low-cost alternative for the work-from-home set could also be an incubator that helps grow connections between local entrepreneurs. Property owner Bill Moore recently renovated an expansive room in the back of the Lincoln Building, once used as a Masons Lodge, into 23 individual work […]
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Falmouth gets $230K federal grant for forest acquisition
FALMOUTH — The U.S. Forest Service has awarded a $230,000 grant to Falmouth to fund the purchase of a 96-acre addition to the North Falmouth Community Forest. The Community Forest Program will distribute the grant, which will increase the size of the North Falmouth Community Forest to 370 acres. “This federal grant will help preserve valuable forest […]
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Planning Board neutral on Freeport Active Living Plan
FREEPORT — The Planning Board sent the Freeport Active Living Plan to the Town Council last week without a recommendation. The board on June 25 said the council should “either accept or receive” the proposal, and also decided to make it a stand-alone plan not attached to the Comprehensive Plan. The Active Living Task Force had […]