GORHAM – Gorham Superintendent Ted Sharp is proposing a $32.4 million budget to operate the town’s schools, up from last year’s $31.2 million. If approved, it could hike taxes for Gorham property owners. “This budget represents a $1,205,642 increase in expenditures,” Sharp told School Committee members in a workshop Feb. 29. The proposed budget represents […]
March 2012
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DHHS chief expects feds will want Medicaid funds back
DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew says the state will likely have to repay the federal government for a glitch that sent MaineCare benefits to up to 19,000 ineligible recipients.
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Neighbors in Saco urge saving of historic bridge
SACO – Time has taken its toll on the unique, stone-arched Stackpole Creek Bridge on Simpson Road in Saco. It’s already down to one lane of traffic and a 3-ton weight limit. Now, due to recent movement, especially in the stones within the archway itself, the city’s engineers have recommended the bridge, which was built […]
Posted inForecaster Obituaries, The Forecaster
Florence I. Stewart, 87
BRUNSWICK — Florence I. Stewart, 87, died Feb. 29 at Winship Green Nursing Center in Bath. She was born in Brunswick on Aug. 1, 1924, the daughter of Joseph C. and Blanche Bernier Dionne. She attended Brunswick High School and married Albert Lacasse, who died in 1947. She later married Clifford Stewart on Nov. 29, 1953. […]
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Louiseannette Platt Wright, 89: A "Who's Who of America" woman
BRUNSWICK — Louiseannette Platt Wright, 89, died Feb. 28 at the Mid Coast Medical Center. She was born in Providence, R.I., in 1922 to Ronalds J.R. and Gertrude Richards Platt. She had two brothers, twin John D.R. Platt and Ronalds J.R. Platt Jr. Wright graduated from Hope High School in Providence, R.I., in 1939 and the […]
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Russell C. Watts, 64
TERRA LINDA, CALIF. — Russell C. Watts, 64, died Feb. 26 in Terra Linda, Calif. He was born in Bath on April 14, 1947, a son of Phyllis D. Bisbee Watts Boyd and Francis Walter Watts. For many years he lived in San Fransisco, Venice Beach and Sausalito, Calif. He attended Morse High School and graduated […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Snowe fallout: Local politicians jump in – maybe
WESTBROOK – After U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe’s shocking announcement Feb. 28 that she would not seek re-election this fall, the rapid-fire rate of announcements from politicians across the state about their respective political futures has been so hard to keep up with that by the time you read this article, it may no longer be […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
15th annual Beach to Beacon registration opens next week
CAPE ELIZABETH – Online registration for the 2012 TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race will open for the general public at 7 a.m. on Thursday, March 15. A lottery (drawing on March 23) will follow for those who do not secure a spot through online registration. Also, beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, March […]
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Charlene Hite, 66
BRUNSWICK — Charlene Hite, 66, died Feb. 28 at Mid Coast Hospital. She was born in Bath on Dec. 22, 1945, to of Charles and Madelene DeLong. She grew up in Woolwich and graduated from Morse High School. In 1962 she married her first husband, Robert Hutchins Sr. In 1989 she married her second husband, Joseph […]
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Ludger Masse, 78
BATH — Ludger Masse, 78, died Feb. 28 at MidCoast Hospital. Masse was born April 16, 1933, in Brunswick to Lorenzo and Liane Ouellette Masse. He was an outgoing and lively man who imparted a strong impression on everyone who had the pleasure to meet him. He graduated from Brunswick High School in 1953 and married […]