WISCASSET – Feed Our Scholars and Parents In Education will hold a Set for Success event Aug. 11 from 1-3 p.m. at Wiscasset Elementary School. As part of the event, Feed Our Scholars is seeking monetary donations of school supply donations. All Wiscasset Elementary students, Pre-K to Grade 5, as well as the private school and home-schooled […]
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Pot backers ask Maine to put locals, small businesses first
PORTLAND — Marijuana enthusiasts in Maine used a public hearing Thursday to implore the state to protect the small businesses and growers they think should make up the backbone of its budding cannabis industry. The Maine Office of Marijuana Policy held the public hearing about the state’s draft marijuana rules, which are nearing approval after […]
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Bill to end non-medical vaccine opt-outs heads to governor
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Legislature sent a bill to the governor’s desk Thursday that would eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions for required vaccinations, amid growing concerns that abuse of such opt-outs is helping to fuel outbreaks. The state Senate voted 19-16 to enact the bill, which has received support from Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ administration. The […]
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Bill to expand abortion providers in Maine gets OK in Senate
AUGUSTA — A Democratic push to make it easier to get an abortion in Maine gained ground Thursday as the Senate passed a bill to allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse-midwives to perform the procedure. The Senate voted 19-16 Thursday to support the bill. Such advanced clinicians could provide abortion medication and in-clinic […]
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Lawmakers seek to track, reduce schools’ use of restraint and seclusion
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee endorsed a bill Thursday that aims to improve tracking of how often Maine schools physically restrain or place students in seclusion. The bill would require schools to provide more detailed annual reports to the state on the number of instances of restraint or seclusion of students, as well as any […]
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Freeport resident gives $20,000 to support asylum seekers in Portland
A Freeport resident has donated $20,000 to help support asylum-seeking immigrants in Portland who do not qualify for state aid. Phyllis Jalbert, a Fort Kent native whose late husband survived the Holocaust, sent the check to Portland this month with instructions that the money should be used to help asylum seekers. Mayor Ethan Strimling took […]
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Topsham’s Eyerman named planner of the year
Topsham Assistant Town Planner Carol Eyerman has been named the Maine Association of Planners’ Professional Planner of the Year. Professional planners are selected for the annual award based on sustained contribution to the field of planning through distinguished practice, teaching, and/or writing. “As a professional planner, Carol has devoted much of her career to the towns of Harpswell […]
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Topsham-area school district’s $41.5 million spending plan increased by $600,000 for higher teachers salaries; taxes may increase 11%
TOPSHAM — Out in full force, teachers and their supporters Thursday convinced Maine School Administrative District 75 voters to add $600,000 for teacher salaries to the proposed school budget. The overall $42.1 million budget now faces a district-wide vote in Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham at the polls June 11. According to MSAD 75 Business […]
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Freeport brewery launches push to put more clean energy into its beer
FREEPORT — Beer is more than just a mixture of water, grain, hops and yeast. Brewers know that each batch needs energy — the electricity to power the brewing system, to control the climate to heat the water, to bottle the beer, to refrigerate the finished product, to transport it where it needs to go. […]
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MSAD 75 teachers’ push to add $600,000 to $41.5 million budget tonight could raise taxes 11%
TOPSHAM — Maine School Administrative District 75 is asking voters to approve a $41.5 million spending plan at a district-wide budget meeting tonight that would raise taxes by $2 million, or about 8.5 %. But a group of teachers plans to attend the meeting and ask the district to boost the budget by $600,000 to […]