BATH — Two fitness enthusiasts are launching a free, eight-week health and exercise program this month geared toward children and their families. Created by Kendra Wiley and Kaitlyn Thayer, the program is being offered at Patten Free Library from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, and runs from Jan. 29 to March 19. Sign-up ahead of time […]
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Scarborough motel resident sentenced for illegal inking
SCARBOROUGH — A Downeaster Motel resident who tattooed two 14-year-old girls in his room last March was sentenced to three years in prison Jan. 17 after pleading guilty to a variety of charges in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Docket in Portland. Joshua Grant, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts each of aggravated unlawful furnishing of […]
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Brunswick adds board members, avoids planning pitfall
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council avoided a potential pitfall in the planning process Tuesday night after it filled two vacancies for the Village Review Board, which previously couldn’t meet because it lacked a quorum. Councilors appointed Karen Topp, a senior physics lecturer at Bowdoin College, and Connie Lundquist, a retired lawyer who serves on the […]
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South Portland, Scarborough officials demand share of state aid
SOUTH PORTLAND — As he tweeted City Manager Jim Gailey Wednesday morning, Greg L’Heureux, the city’s finance director, knew he was in for a long day at the Statehouse. If members of the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee don’t hear the message L’Heureux and Scarborough Town Councilor Jean-Marie Caterina delivered about revenue sharing, it […]
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Historic Brunswick-Topsham bridge's roadway set for removal
BRUNSWICK — The roadway of the historic Black Bridge connecting the towns of Brunswick and Topsham is set for removal later this year. The project is moving forward after both towns declined last year to pay $750,000 of the $1 million required to repair the 318-foot bridge, which was built in 1909. Funding for the […]
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Scarborough pushes laptops for high school students
SCARBOROUGH — A plan to provide 1,150 laptops to high school students and staff has School Board support, despite an uphill fight the plan may face for public and Town Council approval. “I think it is an easy sell to this board to convince us that one-to-one computing is necessary at the high school. I […]
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Bath counts homeless people on Jan. 29
BATH — Volunteers here and across the country will search their communities next week for homeless people, as part of an annual “point in time” count. The count, which will take place from 4-7 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Data submitted from the count […]
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Bath Historical Society launches 2014 calendar
BATH — Bath Historical Society’s 2014 wall calendar, which showcases vintage photos of Bath’s mom-and-pop stores of yesterday, is now available. The $10 calendar features pictures that were part of two society lectures, delivered by Charlie Burden and Kerry Nelson, about neighborhood grocery stores. The calendars are sold at the Patten Free Library circulation desk, […]
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Town Councilor Caterina to host office hours Saturday
SCARBOROUGH — Town Councilor Jean-Marie Caterina invites residents to join her from 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Black Point Fire Station on Black Point Road near Spurwink Road, for the first of her monthly open office sessions. Caterina said the sessions are to encourage sharing of suggestions, thoughts and ideas, and families are […]
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South Portland chooses tar sands committee
SOUTH PORTLAND — City residents Michael Conathan and David Critchfield and Portland resident Russell Pierce Jr. were selected by City Councilors Wednesday to serve on the committee to draft an ordinance banning tar sands from the city. Conathan served on the staff of former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. Critchfield, a member of the city […]