Officers give out “positive tickets” when they see kids making healthy choices or doing good deeds.
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Yarmouth Police Beat: July 18
Arrests 7/8 at 10:28 a.m. Paula L. McMahon, 59, of Liberty Court, was arrested on Liberty Court by Officer Amie Rapa on charges of violating conditions of release and failure to comply with an order. Summonses No criminal summonses were issued from July 8-14. Fire calls 7/8 at 3:49 p.m. Disabled motor vehicle on West […]
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New apprenticeship program lets aspiring cooks ‘earn while they learn’
Sponsored by HospitalityMaine, it aims to help ease the state’s restaurant labor shortage.
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Yarmouth Clam Festival organizers make a bunch of changes
The 54th annual event includes a pie-eating contest, sand sculpting, traffic and parking adjustments, and a celebrity grand marshal.
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Yarmouth considers new management plan for Pratt’s Brook Park
But concerns about hunting, dogs, bicycling could delay a decision.
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Yarmouth, Freeport weigh response to wave of asylum-seekers
Discussions, but no decisions about how the towns could offer assistance.
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Yarmouth Police Beat: July 11
Arrests 7/2 at 10:39 a.m. Michael J. Denning, 47, of West Elm Street, was arrested on West Elm Street by Officer Amie Rapa on a charge of violating a protective order. Summonses No criminal summonses were issued from July 1-7. Fire calls 7/1 at 8:04 a.m. Accident on Kindred Way. 7/1 at 8:51 p.m. Assist […]
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Yarmouth plans bridge celebration, tribute
YARMOUTH — A celebration to mark completion of the new bridge carrying Route 1 over Main Street will be held Aug. 11 from 4-6 p.m. The event will honor not just the physical structure, but planning, creativity, and partnerships that went into the project. The process lasted about five years, at a cost of almost […]
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Regional transportation group launches online survey
PORTLAND — The Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System has been working in recent months to set regional priorities for transportation investment. As part of that effort, the organization has developed a brief online survey it hopes people living and working from Scarborough north to Freeport and west to Standish would be willing to answer. The […]
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Maine Voices: Holocaust comparisons have unintended consequences
The lessons of Hitler’s reign of brutality are weakened if every injustice is likened to them.