PORTLAND — Firefighters know there’s a chance they might not return from fighting a blaze, but studies show they are also at risk from a silent danger – toxic chemicals that can be released by the flames. In Maine, the Environmental Health Strategy Center has spent months lobbying the Legislature to pass a first-in-the-nation bill that would […]
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Yarmouth Clam Festival: ‘People just come here to have fun’
Yarmouth Clam Festival 2017 from Sun Media on Vimeo. (Roger S. Duncan video) YARMOUTH — With sunny skies and temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s, it was a perfect weekend for the 52nd annual Clam Festival. But the success of an event of this magnitude can’t be attributed entirely to the weather. From […]
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Yarmouth Clam Festival: ‘People just come here to have fun’
Yarmouth Clam Festival 2017 from Sun Media on Vimeo. (Roger S. Duncan video) YARMOUTH — With sunny skies and temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s, it was a perfect weekend for the 52nd annual Clam Festival. But the success of an event of this magnitude can’t be attributed entirely to the weather. From […]
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Yarmouth Police Beat: July 27
Arrests 7/20 at 7:50 p.m. Seth Rivard, 33, of Delwin Drive, North Yarmouth, was arrested on West Main Street by Officer Shawn Miles on a charge of operating under the influence. Summonses 7/22 at 10:03 p.m. A 15-year-old male, no address listed, of Littleton, Massachusetts, was issued a summons on School Street by Officer Derek Lucas […]
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Being detail-oriented pays off for Yarmouth business owner
YARMOUTH — When Scott Macha started Total Eclipse Auto Detailing & Design six years ago, he never imagined it taking him across the country to work on some of the nation’s most historic aircraft. But on Sunday, Macha flew to Seattle, Washington, with 60 of the nation’s most elite detailers. Their mission: Restore the first presidential jet, […]
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Greater Portland gets $9.9M for paths, sidewalks, streets
PORTLAND — Nearly $2.7 million in pedestrian and sidewalk improvements on Route 77 in Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and Portland are included in a nearly $10 million package of transportation projects to be funded over the next five years. The Policy Committee of the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, or PACTS, voted July 20 to fund the […]
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Baseball: Yankee Ford tops Zone 3 United, moves on to States
FREEPORT – Matt Riggle capped a huge, seven-run third inning with a grand slam homerun on Thursday evening, July 20, propelling Yankee Ford past Zone Three United in both teams’ last regular-season bout. Z3U began slowly to chip away at their deficit after that, adding three in the sixth on runs by Gibson Harnett, Jake […]
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Baseball: Nor'easters continue roll, toss Patriots aside
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Luke Klenda led the Nor’easters past the Patriots at the Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, July 17, dominating on the mound. And while Klenda gave up no hits, his team tallied plenty: The Nor’easters’ five-run first inning would’ve sufficed to win them the game, but they piled runs on runs until finally […]
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Classic cars, modern games join Yarmouth Clam Festival lineup
YARMOUTH — New staff at the Chamber of Commerce has added new ideas to this weekend’s 52nd annual Clam Festival. Adrienne Nardi was hired as the chamber’s executive director in December. She was followed shortly after by Communication and Marketing Director Amy Davis and Mark Barbalias, events and sponsorship director. “Its been an exciting new time,” […]
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Yarmouth to seek bids for donated property
YARMOUTH — The Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to sell a town-owned lot on Littlejohn Island, known as the Gyger Lot, by sealed bid. Town Manager Nat Tupper will accept and report back with sealed bid proposals for council consideration and action. According to Tupper, the lot was donated to the town by Esther Gyger […]