PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting next week about the planned replacement of the Martin’s Point bridge, which carries Route 1 over the Presumpscot River between Falmouth and Portland. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 13, at 6 p.m. in the green room at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle […]
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A spring season to savor
The weather was far from ideal, but the high school sports action was memorable this spring. Lacrosse produced a pair of state champions, one a first-timer, and plenty of drama from start to finish. Falmouth’s boys finally reached the pinnacle, beating NYA in the state game. The Yarmouth girls vanquished recent nemesis NYA in the […]
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Neighbors sensitive to bike trail along transmission corridor in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH — As momentum builds to construct a six-mile mountain bike trail network along the Central Maine Power Co. transmission lines, neighbors are expressing concerns about the West Side Trail Alliance project. About a dozen people attended the first neighborhood meeting on June 29 at a barn across from the Fels-Grove Farm Preserve parking lot. […]
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Cumberland Police Beat: July 6
Arrests 6/25 at 2:06 a.m. Jimmy Cofran, 50, of Sligo Road, North Yarmouth, was arrested by Officer Ryan Martin on Greely Road on a charge of operating under the influence. 6/27 at 11:58 p.m. Scott Harmon, 26, of Hazel Street, Auburn, was arrested by Officer Antonio Ridge on a charge of operating under the influence. […]
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Portland centralizes school registration
PORTLAND — School Department summer registration will now take place at the city’s two largest high schools, rather than at individual schools. Beginning July 11, parents registering children for the 2011-2012 school year should go to Deering High School, 370 Stevens Ave., to register for Deering, Casco Bay High School, Lincoln Middle School, Moore Middle […]
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Jean A. Sass, 84: Winner of 100 Senior Olympic medals, lived life with zest
FREEPORT — Jean Amy (Crawford) Sass, 84, died June 11 at her home following a long struggle with heart failure. Born Mary Margaret Andrews in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 22, 1926, she was a daughter of Lema Frank Carter and Francis Edna Andrews. After she was placed at the Alice Chapin Adoption Nursery of New […]
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Freeport Police Beat: July 6
Arrests 6/28 at 2:36 p.m. Gregory K. Scott, 56, of Merrill Road, was arrested by Officer Paul Chenevert on Hedgehog Mountain Road on charges of criminal trespass, theft of services, assault and refusing to submit to arrest or detention. 7/2 at 10:49 p.m. Lawrence E. Gordon, 52, of Durham, was arrested by Officer Brandon Paxton […]
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Falmouth girl wins tennis tourney
Falmouth’s Meghan Kelley won the recent United States Tennis Association New England Junior Sectional Championship at Yale University. Kelley, the No. 1 seed, captured the title in the 14-year-old division, beating No. 3 seed Lexi Milunovich (New Canaan, Conn.) in the championship match. Kelley breezed into the championship match without losing a set.
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Yarmouth Police Beat: July 6
Arrests There were no arrests or summons reported from June 26 to July 3. Kitchen critter 6/27 at 7:30 a.m. Police were contacted by a resident of Princes Point Road to report an animal in their kitchen. Police notified the animal control officer who removed the critter after an hour and a half. Police did […]
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Falmouth Police Beat: July 6
Arrests 6/28 at 12:34 p.m. Patina M. Jolly, 36, of Portland, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Jeff Pardue on a charge of failure to obtain a driver’s license within 30 days of changing residence and on a warrant. Summonses 6/19 at 2:39 a.m. Michael D. LeBlanc, 21, of Hillside Avenue, Cumberland, was issued […]