FREEPORT — The Town Council reached consensus Tuesday to move forward with a request for proposals from Maine Natural Gas and Summit Natural Gas to expand the availability of gas service throughout Freeport. The RFP, written by the town’s Natural Gas Task Force, solicits information about the geographical reach, saturation level, time line and pricing the […]
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Bath shipyard a finalist for cutter design
BATH — Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $21 million preliminary design contract to build an offshore patrol cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard. BIW is one of three shipyards competing for the final contract, according to a joint announcement Tuesday by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a senior member of the Senate Defense […]
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Benefit raises money for Freeport fire victims
FREEPORT — Friends and neighbors raised more than $3,500 at a Feb. 1 bean supper and silent auction to benefit the Scott and Argraves families, who lost their Ware Street homes last month in unrelated fires. “We had a great turnout with the community coming together to volunteer their time and cooking talents,” Christina Rice, […]
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Chebeague author laments disregard for nuclear energy safety
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — In today’s 24-hour news cycle, three years can feel like three decades. So while tens of thousands of Japanese citizens continue to try and rebuild their lives, the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11 may go largely unacknowledged in the U.S. Environmental journalist Susan Stranahan offers one simple […]
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Falmouth hires Mass. educator as superintendent of schools
FALMOUTH — The School Board on Monday unanimously selected Geoff Bruno as the next superintendent of schools. Bruno, who is executive director of curriculum at Saugus Public Schools in Saugus, Mass., will start July 1 at an annual salary of $125,000, School Board Chairman Andrew Kinley said. “I’m really excited,” Bruno said Tuesday morning. “Falmouth […]
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Falmouth councilors lukewarm on $300K for Clapboard Island
FALMOUTH — Efforts to purchase a portion of Clapboard Island may get a boost Feb. 24 when Town Councilors discuss a town contribution of $300,000. Placing the potential contribution from this year’s undesignated funds on the meeting agenda was approved after a council finance committee meeting Monday afternoon, although councilors expressed reluctance to contribute the […]
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Scarborough plans Pleasant Hill Road improvements
SCARBOROUGH — It’s crowded and sometimes crumbling, but Pleasant Hill Road is not a high priority for the Maine Department of Transportation. So Town Manager Tom Hall and Public Works Director Mike Shaw are at work on a two-year, two-phase plan to widen and upgrade the road at a total potential cost of $2 million […]
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'Stuff the bus' event returns in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Rotary Club of South Portland Sunrise, in collaboration with Shaw’s Supermarkets and the South Portland Housing Authority, invites the public to help stuff a bus with donations to the South Portland Food Cupboard. The bus will be parked outside the Shaw’s Mill Creek store, 180 Waterman Drive, Saturday, Feb. 22, from […]
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Bath survey finds 15 homeless or facing loss of shelter
BATH — The results of a recent survey reveal that more than a dozen people in the city are either homeless or experiencing housing instability. Volunteers from the Greater Bath Homeless Initiative, which meets Feb. 17 to review the results, participated in the annual “Point of Time” survey, required by the U.S. Department of Housing […]
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Topsham nets grant for commemorative park
TOPSHAM — The town’s 250th anniversary this year will be marked by a commemorative park along Topsham’s bicycle path, thanks to an $8,000 Maine Forest Service grant. The town applied for the Project Canopy funding last November, and received word last month of its approval. Work on the park is due to begin after July […]