Residents will vote on the budget at a drive-in style town meeting at the Topsham Fairgrounds on July 29
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Southern Midcoast residents to vote on school budgets, legislative primaries July 14
In all but one case, July 14 marks the only time residents get to vote on their fiscal year 2021 school budgets.
Midcoast Meetings: July 3-10
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Yarmouth nursing home reunites families parted by pandemic
A June 25 parade allowed residents of Brentwood Center for Health & Rehabilitation to see their loved ones for the first time in person since March, when the cornavirus forced the facility to close its doors to visitors.
Maine Backyard Campout encourages safe outdoor fun amid pandemic
Nearly 30 communities have so far signed up for the July 10-11 weekend event.
SAD 75 budget for FY 2021 clears 1st of 2 hurdles with voters
The 33 attendees at the in-person district budget meeting approved a $46 million budget, which goes to a secret ballot vote July 14.
Topsham Police lieutenant charts new course after 2 decades with department
Fred Dunn, who joins his wife in Florida, laments how the actions of some police officers put others in a bad light.
Midcoast fair food vendors try to find way through pandemic
Vendors like Keven Cleasby from New Hampshire are struggling to find a market for their food carts, and others like Richmond-based Ye Olde English Fish and Chips are serving a local customer base closer to home, but the summer is still early.
Midcoast Meetings: June 26-July 3
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Topsham giving up rights to historic mill village school
Topsham selectmen say they no longer have rights to the old Pejepscot school building off River Road, raising questions about the future of the building.