BATH — It was a great round of show and tell. “Tomatoes!,” one child exclaimed as Becky Kolak, education coordinator with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, held up a picture of a partridge berry. Then Kolak showed the dandelion, whose name stems from the French term “dent de lion,” or “lions tooth.” “They look more […]
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Pine Point Grille adds to Scarborough dining options
SCARBOROUGH — Every summer throughout her childhood, on the way to her grandmother’s Pine Point beach house on Avenue 2, Sheila Masselli and her family admired the restaurant at 240 Pine Point Road. “Everyone in my family would be like, it’s a gold mine, because there’s nothing down here,” she recalled each summer, when she worked […]
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Sheltering drill planned at Scarborough High School
SCARBOROUGH — The Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency will hold a regional sheltering drill at Scarborough High School, 11 Municipal Drive, this Saturday, May 17, at 8 a.m. The exercise will imitate a large-scale natural disaster and will test the preparedness of the 13 participating agencies, which include the southern Maine chapter of the American Red […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
SAD 75 board sends $36M budget to district votes
TOPSHAM — The School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors on May 8 unanimously approved a $36.2 million budget for the next fiscal year. The fiscal 2015 spending plan, up 4.4 percent from this year, now goes to two public votes: a Town Meeting-style gathering on May 22, and a budget validation referendum on June […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth council puts Wal-Mart plan on fast track
FALMOUTH — The Town Council quickly and unanimously approved a $31.7 million school budget Tuesday, setting the stage for a voter referendum on June 10. But little else came easy during a five-hour meeting marked by contentiousness, the absence of Chairwoman Teresa Pierce, and an abrupt ending at 11 p.m. with several items left on […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport doctors push the alternative envelope for integrative health care
FREEPORT — The local private practice of a pair of alternative doctors just got a little bit fringier. Be Well My Friend, the South Freeport Road family practice of Drs. Kevin Kenerson and Michael Dufresne, offers services ranging from pediatric care to acupuncture to medical marijuana certification. This month, the physicians will add farm shares as […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth library hits fundraising goal
YARMOUTH — Merrill Memorial Library this week announced it has reached its $1 million fundraising goal, as renovation of the 108-year-old building continues. The capital campaign funds, raised over the past year, will supplement a $1.5 million renovation bond approved by voters last June by a 3-to-1 margin. The renovation, designed by Barba & Wheelock Architecture […]
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METRO eyes growth of bus service north, south of Portland
PORTLAND — Major changes could be on the horizon for area bus riders. At four recent meetings in Falmouth, Portland and Westbrook, staff members from the Greater Portland Transit District offered updates on ongoing developments within the organization, including proposals to expand METRO service to three northern communities, consolidate with two southern communities, and improve […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Turnout tiny, but Portland voters overwhelmingly approve school budget
PORTLAND — Voters approved the city’s share of a $101.6 million school budget in a referendum Tuesday, 1,033-459. The city’s portion, $96.3 million, will increase property tax revenue to the School Department by 2.5 percent, or about $25 per $100,000 of assessed property value. For a median-value home of nearly $242,000, the tax increase will […]
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Freeport Active Living Plan gets opponents off the couch
FREEPORT — The concept of active living is basically benign. Pretty much everyone, regardless of how active they are, can endorse running and biking and incorporating physical fitness into one’s daily routine. Spending taxpayer money on active living infrastructure is a whole other question. Despite assurances from the Planning Board that the Active Living Plan […]