SOUTH PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation’s annual plan for local road construction is ambitious, if there is enough money to go around. “We are about $100 million short each year of where we need to be,” DOT spokesman Ted Talbot said last week, after the department released a three-year work schedule for the […]
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Scarborough rally to raise fuel aid Feb. 8
SCARBOROUGH — Local philanthropist Eddie Woodin’s challenge to keep local residents warm through help from Project GRACE will be made during the Saturday, Feb. 8 “Rally to Keep Our Neighbors Warm” at the Oak Hill Fire Station from 9 a.m. to noon. Woodin has pledged $2,000 if the community raises an additional $10,000 for the […]
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Winners all around at Bowdoin
In honor of the Wounded Warrior Project, the Bowdoin College men’s hockey team on Jan. 24 wore camouflage jerseys, which will be auctioned to raise funds for the organization. In a ceremony before the game against Middlebury College, Marine Cpl. Steven Noyes received the Commendation Medal for his actions in a recent deployment to Afghanistan. […]
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Harpswell weighs proposal for flexible subdivisions, more conservation
HARPSWELL — The town will hold a public hearing next week on proposed ordinance changes that could benefit land owners and land conservation efforts. The proposed changes, which will be discussed at the Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee’s Feb. 5 meeting, call for more flexible subdivision standards. Another change would require subdivision applicants to provide planning […]
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$1M grant aids conservation projects in Harpswell, Brunswick
HARPSWELL — A federal agency has awarded $1 million to a local effort seeking to preserve more than 86 acres of coastal wetlands around Middle Bay. The Middle Bay Wetlands Partnership was one of 26 conservation projects across the country – and the only one in Maine – that shared $26.5 million in grants from the U.S. Fish and […]
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University College in Bath to move to Brunswick Landing
BATH — The University College of Bath/Brunswick is set to move to Brunswick Landing later this year. The move will coincide with Southern Maine Community College’s move of its Bath Center from the same 9 Park St. location onto the community college’s Midcoast Campus at the former naval air station. The University of Maine System […]
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Topsham hires Harpswell consultant for town manager search
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen has hired Harpswell consultant Michael Wing to aid in the search for a replacement for Town Manager Cornell Knight, whose last day is March 4. Applications close Feb. 4, Knight said Monday. Wing, who also participated in the search that resulted in Knight’s hiring, was hired by the board […]
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Bath library to host animation workshop for teens
BATH — For teens who might be too young to remember the California Raisins, Patten Free Library is offering the chance to make some claymation of their own during February school break. The library will offer a free iPad workshop Feb. 18-19 that shows how to use the iMotion app to make short claymation films. […]
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Hyde School to host Bath open house
BATH — Hyde School will host an open house from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. The event at Hyde’s 616 High St. campus begins at the campus mansion, where Hyde faculty and students will greet guests. Visitors are asked to make a reservation by phone before the event. Hyde has boarding campuses in Bath and […]
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Legislators to meet constituents in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, and Rep. Charlie Priest, D-Brunswick, will hold public office hours on Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon at the Little Dog Coffee Shop, 87 Maine St. Gerzofsky is serving his third term in Senate District 10, which includes Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal. Priest is serving his fourth term in […]