Police identified the man struck as Philip Stevens, but have released few other details.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop docks in Topsham and Windham
The fate of independent bookstores has been uncertain in recent years, but Jeff Curtis, owner of Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop, has turned the tide by dropping anchor at shopping plazas in Topsham and Windham this fall. Curtis, who owns storefronts in Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Freeport, Portland, Damariscotta and Rockland, talked about changing the […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Safe-haven ‘baby box’ law goes into effect this fall
Six other states have implemented the devices that allow for the anonymous surrender of a newborn.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Windham Planning Board scales back new zoning proposal
The Planning Board recommended limiting two new districts where modest development could occur to River Road and Route 202.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
‘Like coming back home’: Crooked River school reopens next week
The elementary school in Casco hasn’t been used for 12 years and recently received $9 million in improvements.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Maine Preservation rolls out new drive-by tours of historic sites
The goal of the tours is to connect the state’s history with its culture today.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
New Gloucester approves controversial marijuana grow facility
The planning board, 3-2, upholds the former code enforcement officer’s determination that the facility’s use is “similar to a commercial greenhouse” and therefore allowed in a rural residential zone.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
New businesses prepare for opening at Windham Mall
T-Mobile, Starbucks, Chipotle and Sherman’s Maine Coast Bookshop will join the shopping area.
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Gray-New Gloucester teacher brings history home for her students
Michelle Strattard has been honored for her work at the high school.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
Gray author takes readers on suffragists’ road trip
Women’s rights advocate Anne Gass says she is compelled to tell women’s stories that resonate today but might otherwise be lost to history.