CAPE ELIZABETH — Although the Town Council unanimously approved an ordinance intended to regulate the Spurwink Rod and Gun Club, there was little sense of resolution or satisfaction Monday among people who packed Town Hall. Many Cross Hill subdivision residents said the ordinance doesn’t go far enough to address their long-running noise and safety concerns. And […]
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Bath Web firm finds early success with anti-hacking app
BATH — Sam Hotchkiss and his team of programmers battle robots for a living, but they’re not the kind you see in sci-fi dramas. The robots – bots, for short – are the kind that manifest from computer viruses. After a virus gains control of a computer, a master server then orders the infected machines to hack […]
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Temporary shutdown of some Brunswick town services expected during Town Hall move
BRUNSWICK — A possible three-day shutdown of some municipal services, the opening of the new Town Hall, the search for a new town manager and the creation of a harbor commission topped the Town Council’s agenda on Monday. At the meeting, Interim Town Manager John Eldridge said some municipal services and departments are tentatively expected […]
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Church group raising money for teen trip
BRUNSWICK — All Saints Parish will sponsor a St. Patrick’s Day party on Saturday, March 15, at 7 p.m., to raise money for a summer teen mission trip to Queens, N.Y. The event, to be held at St. Charles Borromeo Church Hall on 132 McKeen St., will feature live Irish music, singing, Irish step dancing […]
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Brunswick seeks MRRA nominees
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council is accepting applications for nominations to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority board of trustees. Applicants are asked to send a letter of interest and resume to the town manager’s office, 28 Federal St., by Thursday, March 20, for the council’s consideration on Monday, March 24. Applications can also be sent […]
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Brunswick forum to discuss Route 24 changes
BRUNSWICK — The town’s Master Plan Implementation Committee is holding a public forum on Monday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. on a Maine Department of Transportation plan to reroute Route 24 in Brunswick and Topsham. The forum, to be held at the Council Chambers at the new Town Hall, 85 Union St., will feature a […]
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Yarmouth urged to hire business development specialist
YARMOUTH — The Town Council has received a recommendation to allocate $100,000 for a community development director to spur economic development. The report was authored by the Economic Development Formation Study Committee, a volunteer group that was charged with drafting a structure for economic development in the town. It began meeting in October. The committee proposed a […]
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Freeport groups hold the line on budget requests
FREEPORT — A handful of local organizations made funding appeals to the Town Council at a workshop Tuesday, and all of their requests were modest. Freeport Community Services, the Port Teen Center, the Freeport Economic Development Corp. and the Freeport Elders made budget requests for the coming fiscal year, and each group asked the council for […]
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Harbor dredge takes priority over Yarmouth dam removal
YARMOUTH — It hadn’t even been two days since the March 5 announcement that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would spend $3 million to dredge Yarmouth Harbor when the debate over the future of the Royal River began again. Last week’s Town Council workshop included a 2 1/2-hour discussion of the potential removal of the […]
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North Yarmouth residents propose stewardship of Veterans Memorial Park
NORTH YARMOUTH — Amid concerns over stewardship, a new group hopes to take an active role in the long-range planning and protection of Veterans Memorial Park. The five-acre park at the corner of Memorial Highway (Route 9) and Parsonage Road was created in 1949, on land provided by Henry Sweetser. A corporation was established, in […]