FALMOUTH — An effort to expand the town library reached a milestone Monday when the Town Council authorized a more than $283,000 loan for the library to purchase a neighboring property. The loan, approved by a 6-1 vote, constitutes a major victory for the library board, but construction isn’t necessarily imminent. The Kowalsky property, at […]
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Portland Planning Board gets Thompson's Point parking data
PORTLAND — Parking calculations headed the list of topics for renewed Planning Board discussion Tuesday about the Forefront at Thompson’s Point. New data supplied by Randy Dunton of Gray-based Gorrill-Palmer Consulting Engineers better quantified how many vehicles could use the site during peak and evening hours, and revised calculations of how many parking spaces will […]
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Growth industry: Medical marijuana primary caregiver lands in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH — Sean Wyatt’s mother suffered from grand mal epilepsy. Her seizures were so intense, her collarbone once shattered and ripped through her skin. But when she began using medical marijuana in 2009, after voters passed the Maine Medical Marijuana Act, Wyatt witnessed the drug’s therapeutic effects. He also saw an opportunity. Wyatt, who was studying […]
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Community center planning moves forward in Falmouth
FALMOUTH — A plan to renovate a former school as a community center is proceeding to the design stage, alongside a simultaneous effort to engage the public on the building’s future uses. The bargain for the next phase of the Mason-Motz building was struck Monday after an hour-long discussion by the Town Council that was […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Topsham picks longtime planner Roedner as new town manager
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen didn’t go far to find the next town manager, voting unanimously after an executive session Monday to hire Planning Director Rich Roedner. Roedner, who has been planner since October 2002, has been Topsham’s interim manager since the departure earlier this month of former Town Manager Cornell Knight. “You never […]
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Sales up, L.L. Bean plans to open 4 stores
FREEPORT — L.L. Bean recorded net sales of $1.56 billion in fiscal year 2013, up 3 percent from the previous year, the company announced last week. In the coming year, the 101-year-old outdoor outfitter said it plans to open four new stores and make its largest single-year capital investment ever, $100 million, in retail expansion, […]
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Recycling efforts earn ecomaine awards
PORTLAND — Regional waste management company ecomaine announced last week that its annual eco-Excellence Awards have been given to an assisted living community in Yarmouth and an environmental organization in Cape Elizabeth. Bay Square at Yarmouth, on Forest Falls Drive in Yarmouth, won the award for embracing the guidance provided by the waste hierarchy on […]
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Freeport development group has vacancy
FREEPORT — The Freeport Economic Development Corp. is seeking to fill a vacancy on its board of directors. Board members are nominated and elected by the existing board to three-year volunteer terms. Individuals with relevant experience and close ties to the Freeport community are encouraged to apply at freeportecon.com or by contacting Executive Director Keith […]
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Cumberland Democrat enters House race
CUMBERLAND — Main Street resident Dale Denno announced his intention to run as a Democrat in state House District 45. Denno has lived in Cumberland for about 30 years. He served on the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors from 1991-1997, and was chairman in 1995-1996. He recently retired from the Maine Department of […]
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Grand jury indicts Portland housecleaner
PORTLAND — A housecleaner was indicted last week by a Cumberland County grand jury for allegedly stealing prescription drugs. Kathy A. Vargas, 45, of Portland, was arrested in January and charged with a felony after she allegedly stole oxycodone and hydromorphone from an elderly client’s home in Falmouth. Indictments are findings that enough evidence exists […]