FREEPORT — Residents may be focused on a proposal to consolidate dispatch services as a way to save money, but Town Manager Dale Olmstead has provided other options to fill a $366,000 gap in the operating budget for fiscal year 2011. In a document posted on the town Web site, Olmstead lists more than 20 ways […]
March 2010
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Bath Police Beat: March 2
Arrests 2/22 at 10:10 a.m. Robert Hastings, 45, of Congress Street, Portland, was arrested on three warrants by Officer Keith Jensen. 2/27 at 11:50 p.m. Justin Harrison, 26, of Birch Point Road, Wiscasset, was arrested by Officer Chris Carlton on a charge of domestic violence assault. 2/27 at 11:35 p.m. Everett Boynton, 35, of Heath […]
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Dr. Richard B. Singer, 95: Consummate gentleman who valued intellect, faith, family
FALMOUTH — Richard Bunker “Grandsfather” Singer, 95, died Feb. 19 at his home in the presence of family. On March 22, 1914, he was born in Philadelphia, a son of Edgar Arthur Singer Jr. and Helen Bunker Singer. After graduating from the Episcopal Academy in Merion, Penn., in 1930, he spent a semester at l’Ecole […]
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People and Business: March 3
Nominations sought forhistory teacher of the year PORTLAND — The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is seeking nominations for its annual $10,000 Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Award. The award is given to the best middle or high school history teacher in the United States chosen from a pool of state winners. […]
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Goodwill store on St. John Street to close March 20
PORTLAND — As Goodwill Industries of Northern New England prepares to open its new flagship store in South Portland later this month, the nonprofit is also preparing to shutter its store on St. John Street in Portland. The news has some shoppers, who either cannot afford a car or cannot drive due to medical conditions, […]
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Local hockey team wins tournament
The Casco Bay Bantam Minors won the recent New Hampshire Junior Monarchs President’s Day AAA tournament. Led by Ben Freeman’s five goals and three assists, the Bantam Minors went 5-0 in the tournament. The Minors beat the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 6-3 in the final. The team also featured goalies Will Coleman and Dane Pauls, […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: March 3
Arrests 2/22 Jennifer Ellen Parsons, 46, of 6 Oakhurst Island Road, was arrested by the Maine State Police on I-295 on charges of operating after suspension and two counts of failure to appear.
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Interest piques in South Portland mental health partnership
SOUTH PORTLAND — For nearly three years, officials at the Community Counseling Center in Portland struggled to find a way to keep its doors open while continuing to provide quality care to patients. Last year, the nonprofit group finalized an agreement with Maine Mental Health Partners to consolidate administrative costs like human resources, information technology, […]
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Kathleen M. “ Kate” Denney, 41
FREEPORT — Kathleen M. “Kate” Denney, 41, died peacefully with her husband George by her side Feb. 28 at Maine Medical Center after a 12-year battle with cancer. Born on July 5, 1968, in West Islip, N.Y., she was a daughter of Mary Lou (Murrin) and Frank O’Connell. In 1991 she graduated from Salve Regina […]
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SAD 51 superintendent predicts staff reductions in budget rollout
CUMBERLAND — Superintendent Robert Hasson plans to meet his mandate for a no-growth 2011 operating budget when he presents the spending plan to the School Administrative 51 Board of Directors on March 15. The Cumberland-North Yarmouth schools superintendent has been directed by the board to hold the line on the current $28 million budget. However, the […]