When Matt Hogenauer walks the hallways at Falmouth High School, he wonders whether he is being exposed to preventable infectious diseases – a dangerous health risk for him that wouldn’t be a major concern if Maine didn’t have so many unvaccinated students. “There’s the potential that all of these things would make me very sick,” […]
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Brunswick High School Players just over half way to fundraising goal with five months until Scotland performance
BRUNSWICK — With just five months to go until a group of Brunswick students fly to Edinburgh to perform in Scotland’s Festival Fringe, it’s starting to feel real. The Brunswick High School Players were tapped to perform an abridged version of “Flowers for Algernon” this August, during what is known as the world’s largest performing arts […]
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Colleagues mourn Oxford fire chief, a no-nonsense boss with ‘one of the biggest hearts’
OXFORD — The no-nonsense demeanor Gary Sacco displayed during his tenure as New Gloucester’s fire chief hid a big-hearted man who watched over his firefighters and had a soft spot for dogs. “Depending on how people were faced with Gary, they could come up quick and say, ‘He’s just a gruff man,’ and he was, […]
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Lisbon school board eyes $16.9 million budget
LISBON — Lisbon School Department will present a proposed $16.9 million spending plan for 2019-20 to the Town Council tonight, marking a 3 percent increase. The increase to taxes would be $376,761 or 5 percent under this proposal. Increases in salaries and benefits are the biggest contributors to the budget increases. Superintendent Richard Green told the […]
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Head-on crash kills 3 on icy stretch of road in Westbrook
Three people died in a horrific head-on collision Monday morning in Westbrook on an icy stretch of Route 22 that hadn’t yet been treated by city road crews. A pickup truck and a taxi collided shortly before 7 a.m. on Route 22, also known as County Road, near a blind crest in the road. All […]
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At Harpswell annual town meeting, voters elect Jane Covey as selectwoman; approve $5.6 million budget
HARPSWELL — After a contentious debate over the fate of the Mitchell Field water tower at last year’s town meeting, Harpswell’s annual meeting on Saturday was comparatively painless “It went relatively smoothly and quickly,” said Jane Covey, who was elected to an open seat on the board of selectmen Saturday. “It was a short and […]
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Deputy released from hospital after cruiser rolls over on I-295 in Freeport
A deputy from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office whose cruiser went off I-295 in Freeport and rolled over Sunday night has been treated and released from Maine Medical Center. Deputy Evan Rea was responding to a domestic disturbance in Harpswell when he lost control, struck a guardrail and rolled over multiple times, Capt. Scott Stewart […]
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Students, seniors come together at Senior Health Day Camp
BRUNSWICK – For the first time on Thursday, February 21, residents of Mid Coast Senior Health, students from Brunswick High School and children of Mid Coast Senior Health employees came together last month at Senior Health Day Camp, which allowed employees of the facility to bring their children to work with them for a day. “It can be challenging for employees to secure childcare […]
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Freeport names former senator, library director Citizen of the Year
FREEPORT — The first woman to serve back-to-back terms as head of the Maine Senate was named Freeport’s Citizen of the Year at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Betheda “Beth” Edmonds has lived in Freeport since 1978. A former Democratic member of the Maine Senate, she represented the 10th District from 2000 to 2008 until she termed […]
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Maine shelled out fewer prized scallops in 2018
ROCKPORT (AP) — Maine’s scallop harvest declined by about a third in 2018, marking the first time in several years that the valuable fishery took a step back. The state’s scallop harvest is a drop in the bucket within the worldwide industry, but Maine scallops are prized because of their size and value. Maine scallops […]