SCARBOROUGH — Thanks to a group of residents at Piper Shores, nearly 50 handcrafted wooden signs will mark walking trails and open fields at 220-acre Fuller Farm and 25-acre Sewell Woods. The two properties are owned and maintained by Scarborough Land Trust for year-round public use. People using SLT’s recreational trails in these areas have previously had […]
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Chamberlain stamp event planned in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — The Pejepscot Historical Society and U.S. Postal Service will hold a special stamp cancellation at the Joshua Chamberlain Museum July 2. Post office representatives will be on hand from 3-5 p.m. to sell Medal of Honor stamps and offer the one-day-only Chamberlain pictorial cancellation. The cancellation, designed by the historical society and approved by […]
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MDOT to replace Orr's Island culvert
HARPSWELL — Crews from the Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing an Orr’s Island culvert that partially collapsed last week. The culvert, on Route 24 just south of the intersection with Bayview Road, was installed more than 75 years ago. Replacement work is expected to take two or three weeks. Alternating one-way traffic on Route […]
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Harpswell hires beach access monitors
HARPSWELL — The Board of Selectmen approved changes to the town’s Robinhood Road ordinance and hired two part-time beach monitors, required under the terms of an agreement signed earlier this year for public access to Cedar Beach. The ordinance amendment creates as many as 17 designated parking spaces on the southern side of the town-owned road. […]
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Brunswick council seeks public involvement in manager search
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council is considering ways to include residents in the search for a new town manager, following a sparsely attended public forum on the process Monday. The deadline for candidates to apply for the job was Tuesday. As of Monday afternoon, the town had received 32 applications, according to David Barrett, a consultant […]
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Topsham hires new town clerk, deputy tax collector
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen on June 19 unanimously appointed two employees to the roles of town clerk and deputy tax collector. Town Clerk Ruth Lyons, who retires June 30 after 22 years on the job and was named clerk of the year last year by the Maine Town & City Clerks Association, has […]
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Bath land trust to host 'Capital to Coast' bike ride
BATH — It starts in Gardiner and ends, 38 miles later, in the midst of Bath’s annual Heritage Days celebration. The Capital to Coast Exploration Bike Ride, which takes place Saturday, July 5, starts in Gardiner and runs through Richmond, Bowdoinham, Topsham, Brunswick and West Bath before concluding in Bath. Participants can check in at […]
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North Yarmouth hires manager dismissed by Poland
NORTH YARMOUTH — In a meeting that lasted only three minutes Tuesday, the Board of Selectmen unanimously hired Rosemary Roy of Poland as the town’s first manager. Roy worked for the town of Poland from 1991 through this February. She served the last seven years as an assistant town manager, interim manager and town manager, but […]
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'Where will we be next?': Recovery slow a year after deadly Yarmouth explosion
YARMOUTH — From rental homes and staying with relatives, to apartments and extended stays at hotels, Rosemary and Robert MacKay have moved eight times in the last year. That was when their Gables Drive home was destroyed in a deadly explosion, and there’s still no end to their saga in sight. Rosemary MacKay was in her […]
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Falmouth man pleads guilty to drug, gun charges
FALMOUTH — Adam White, 27, of Rockaway Drive, on June 19 pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. White was arrested in Portland in February 2013, when police stopped his vehicle and found […]