SOUTH PORTLAND — City officials on Monday sent a strong message against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. In response to a citizen initiative organized by the Marijuana Policy Project to get legalization on the city’s November ballot, officials held a press conference in Mill Creek Park to voice their firm opposition. “There’s a certain danger […]
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South Portland council mulls zoning change
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council agreed in its meeting Monday to send the proposal to create a Thornton Heights commercial zone to a workshop for reconsideration on June 9 and first approval on June 16. The council also authorized a lease between the Fire Department and Verizon Wireless that may result in better cell-phone service, […]
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Big-box store plans on track in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — A series of big-box stores planned for Gallery Boulevard are on track to open in the fall of 2015, developers told the Planning Board this week. Gallery Place, at 700 Gallery Blvd., is slated to add Marshalls, Bob’s Discount Furniture and HomeGoods stores – all of which are expected to move from The Shops at […]
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Working weekend
Sidebar Elements Eric Pettingill welcomed the arrival of June by cutting a piece of trim for the front porch post of his grandmother’s house in Phippsburg. Pettingill, a carpenter from Cumberland, has repaired a few windows each year on the house, and tries to maintain it a little at a time. Warm weather made Sunday […]
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Bath council OKs $15.3M city budget
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a $15.3 million budget for next year. The spending plan, unveiled May 21 at a brief public hearing, is up about $770,000 from this year, and will result in a municipal tax hike of 1.4 percent, to $7.9 million. Factoring in assessments to Regional School Unit […]
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$35.7M school budget heads to Brunswick voters
BRUNSWICK — After wrangling for more than a month, the Town Council adopted a $58.9 million budget at a special session last week. Representing $21 million in municipal spending, a $35.7 million school budget and $1.3 million in payments to Cumberland County, the proposed budget limits a tax increase to 3.5 percent. The school budget still […]
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Harpswell applies for grant to clean up Allen parcel
HARPSWELL — The town is looking for state aid to fund an environmental clean-up of a 6,000-square-foot waterfront property it recently purchased on Lookout Point. The town completed its acquisition of the land from Dain Allen on May 20, and the purchase has been recorded in the registry of deeds, according to Town Administrator Kristi Eiane. […]
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Early bidder offers $15K for Halfway Rock lighthouse
HARPSWELL — A Casco Bay lighthouse being auctioned by the federal government has already received a $15,000 bid, less than three weeks after being put on the market. Halfway Rock Light Station, so-named because it lies halfway between Cape Elizabeth and Cape Small, sits on 1.5 acres of rocky ledge off the southern tip of Bailey […]
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Brunswick wants input on town manager search
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council has scheduled a public forum to gather opinions from residents about the qualities they’d like to see in a new town manager. The council wants to involve residents in the selection process and get their input on the experience and abilities that should be required of the town’s top executive, Chairman Benet Pols said […]
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Bath Trails hosts Whiskeag walk June 7
BATH — A local partnership, Bath Trails, is lauding National Trails Day and the approaching summer on Saturday, June 7, with a five-mile hike along Whiskeag Trail. Participants can park their vehicles at the Bath Area Family YMCA, 303 Centre St., at 9 a.m. and take the Bath Trolley until 9:45 a.m. to Thorne Head Preserve […]