TOPSHAM — Discussion at its Dec. 7 meeting about speeding traffic on Middlesex Road prompted the Board of Selectmen to discuss the issue on a wider scale. Along with tabling a request to the Maine Department of Transportation for a speed study on that road – allowing the town to first try different enforcement practices […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Dec. 8
Arrests 11/28 at 10:38 p.m. Joshua Groat, 19, of Pinehurst Drive, West Bath, was arrested by Officer Garrett Decker on Hamilton Court on a charge of operating after suspension. 11/29 at 7:43 a.m. Ashley Elliott, 24, of Main Street, was arrested by Officer Lucas Shirland on Main Street on a charge of domestic violence assault. […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Dec. 8
Arrests 11/28 at 10:38 p.m. Joshua Groat, 19, of Pinehurst Drive, West Bath, was arrested by Officer Garrett Decker on Hamilton Court on a charge of operating after suspension. 11/29 at 7:43 a.m. Ashley Elliott, 24, of Main Street, was arrested by Officer Lucas Shirland on Main Street on a charge of domestic violence assault. […]
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Topsham voters OK 6-month freeze on new medical marijuana providers
High Brow, which sells glass pipes and provides a caregiver operation, recently opened at Topsham Fair Mall.
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Topsham voters OK marijuana moratorium, Route 196 signs
TOPSHAM — Voters at a special Town Meeting Wednesday approved two marijuana-related moratoriums, and a zoning change governing business directional signs. The 45-minute gathering, held at the Topsham Public Library, drew just 21 voters – 0.3 percent of the town’s registered voting population, according to Town Manager Rich Roedner. Residents enacted a six-month freeze on new […]
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Public participation adds steam to Topsham Comp Plan update
TOPSHAM — The town planner said a long weekend of activities intended to involve the public in the town’s Comprehensive Plan update process turned out to be worth the effort last month. The “Plan Your Topsham” event – which took place at the former Lower Village fire station Oct. 19-23 – featured public sessions and roundtable discussions, along with […]
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Special Topsham Town Meeting to tackle marijuana moratorium, Route 196 signs
TOPSHAM — A special Town Meeting on marijuana-related moratoriums and business directional signs will be held Wednesday, Dec. 6. The meeting will be held at the Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, at 7 p.m. The meeting warrant can be viewed at topshammaine.com. The town is expected to enact a six-month freeze on new medical […]
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Maine firefighters widows’ mission: Ban cancer-causing chemicals
YARMOUTH — Therese Flaherty and Linda Baker have only met once, but they talk like old friends. “When I first met Therese, I thought ‘there’s someone else like me out there,’” Baker said in a Nov. 27 interview. The two were brought together in Augusta last spring to lobby for a first-in-the-nation law banning toxic flame […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Nov. 24
Arrests 11/13 at 3:13 p.m. Morris Snow, 49, of Leighton Road, Pownal, was arrested by Sgt. Robert Ramsay on Topsham Fair Mall Road on a charge of theft. 11/16 at 1:38 p.m. Lorraine Medeiros, 58, of Winter Street, was arrested by Officer William Collins on Topsham Fair Mall Road on a charge of theft. 11/18 […]
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Topsham adopts new Winter Street traffic pattern
TOPSHAM — A temporary traffic change at the intersection of Winter and Main streets will become permanent, after a unanimous decision Nov. 16 by the Board of Selectmen. The last block of Winter Street where it intersects with Main Street was changed to one-way traffic during the trial period, which began Sept. 18. The decision […]