The $2.4 million budget is $51,406 higher than last year’s budget and is not expected to affect the town’s tax rate.
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Rabid fox attacks elderly Phippsburg man
In the third such attack in Phippsburg this year, an 82-year-old man was bitten before the animal could be killed.
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Letter: Trump speaks for those who don’t dare speak for themselves
This is meant to be a friendly message to Mr. Beem in regard to his question, how can an active duty military person or veteran support Trump (“Veterans for Trump?”, Aug. 28)? I am a great fan of his, but feel that his question might be a tiny bit disingenuous. I am a 71-year-old woman […]
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Controversial Popham Beach RV park proposal approved
David and Tracy Percy proposed a 9-lot recreational vehicle park for the site where Percy’s General Store previously stood before it was demolished last year.
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Letter: Balentine veers closer to rabid political rhetoric
As our country faces the upcoming November elections, your columnist John Balentine moves closer and closer to rabid political rhetoric and further away from rational “opinion.” His latest column (Aug. 14, “Rise from you foxholes, teachers”), is a striking example of failed logic, as he accuses our dedicated teachers of hiding in foxholes, at the […]
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Letter: Reelect Hepler to Maine House District 53
Allison Hepler is a superb example of a true “public servant.” In this cynical time of self-interest and super tribalism, many politicians will vote for party power over principles. As with our great leaders of the past, Allison has served tirelessly with integrity for many years as selectperson in Woolwich and currently as our legislator […]
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Popham Beach RV park ruling delayed a third time
A sound engineer’s opinion may be the deciding factor.
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Caution urged along southern Midcoast beaches following fatal shark attack
The Maine Marine Patrol continues to monitor Casco Bay and the area where a New York woman was killed by a shark off Bailey Island in Harpswell. Local officials, meanwhile, are asking swimmers to use caution when entering the water. Harpswell is “advising swimmers to use the utmost caution and recommend that they not go […]
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Phippsburg to decide on proposed Popham Beach RV park
The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Phippsburg Elementary School.
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Two species of rare beaked whales beached in Maine within weeks of each other
The first, a Blainville’s beaked whale, was found in York, while the second, a Sowerby’s beaked whale, was found in Phippsburg just a few weeks later. Local experts say these deep-diving whales should not be in coastal waters, but have no clue as to what brought them here or what happened to them.