CAPE ELIZABETH — The high school mock trial team won its fourth consecutive state championship on Dec. 4 against Hampden Academy. The team will represent Maine at the National High School Mock Trial Tournament in Madison, Wis., in May 2014. In the state competition, Cape Elizabeth students competed against teams from 22 high schools and tried […]
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Topsham school celebrates national award
TOPSHAM — Dec. 13 was a banner day for a “Blue Ribbon” school. Past and present school administrators, town and legislative officials, and a slew of teachers and students converged in the Williams-Cone School gym to celebrate the school being one of 236 public schools in the country, and the only one in Maine, to […]
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Costs mount for Brunswick Town Hall renovations
BRUNSWICK — The cost of renovating the new Town Hall is mounting, although the building could also provide some expense savings over time. The Town Council on Monday received an update from Town Manager Gary Brown on the renovation project, which began this week. Renovations on the new Town Hall at 85 Union St. have […]
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Longtime Bath-area school business manager to retire
BATH — Ruth Moore, who started as a payroll clerk for the city three decades ago and later became business manager for area schools, will retire next June. The Phippsburg resident worked as payroll clerk for about two years. At that time, Bath schools were part of School Union 47 and fell under a city […]
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Pope appoints new bishop for Catholic Diocese of Portland
PORTLAND — An auxiliary bishop and canon lawyer in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has been named by Pope Francis to lead Maine’s Catholics, according to a press release issued early Wednesday morning. Bishop Robert P. Deeley, 67, was ordained a priest in July 1973, and consecrated a bishop in January. “As I prepare […]
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North Yarmouth selectmen mull new town center proposal
NORTH YARMOUTH — The town has new potential choices for reshaping its center in the wake of the Wescustogo Hall fire. The North Yarmouth Economic Development and Sustainability Committee on Tuesday presented the Board of Selectmen with a multi-part recommendation for how to develop the municipal properties in the town center, a concept that had […]
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Quaker school plans 2015 move to Cumberland
CUMBERLAND — The Planning Board granted major site plan approval Tuesday to the Friends School of Portland, which plans to open in a new, 15,000-square-foot building in Cumberland in 2015. The project has received approval from the Maine Department of Transportation, and still needs support from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Town Planner Carla […]
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Bike, pedestrian wish list takes shape, including Portland-Auburn link
YARMOUTH — An effort to improve bicycle and walking paths in the region covered familiar ground during a third and final meeting Tuesday. The meeting also revealed continuing enthusiasm for a possible rails-with-trails link between Portland and Auburn. About 30 people braved a winter storm to attend the planning workshop, which included draft proposals for […]
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Falmouth may add part of Clapboard Island to open spaces
FALMOUTH — Half a coastal island could soon be added to Falmouth’s open spaces. Clapboard Island, which sits about a mile from Town Landing, is the subject of an ongoing fundraising effort by two groups that hope to transform its northeastern half from a privately owned, 17-acre property, into publicly accessible land. That effort received […]
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4 decades of constant change ending for Yarmouth police officer
YARMOUTH — Darryl Watkins was just a few years out of high school, working as a dispatcher and part-time deputy with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, when he got word from someone at the Yarmouth Police Department that they had an opening. Watkins, whose wife and high-school sweetheart, Carol, was pregnant with their first child at […]