September 2013
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Scarborough tax appeals continue without decision; secession talk joins the discussion

by David Harry

SCARBOROUGH — More than a month after appeals  began on 44 property tax assessments from 2012 at Higgins Beach and Pine Point, continued arguments consumed five hours Monday night. What remained elusive was a decision by the four-member Board of Assessment Review. The hearing was adjourned, and will continue at least two more times, at […]

advertisement
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Cape Elizabeth officials like $35M, long-range improvement plan

by Ben McCanna

CAPE ELIZABETH — A proposed 10-year, $35 million capital improvement plan won broad support during a joint workshop of the Town Council and School Board on Wednesday, particularly from the town manager. “There’s no community in New England that has a report like this,” manager Michael McGovern said. The non-binding plan, which was developed by […]

Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster

Brunswick greets new police station

by Dylan Martin

BRUNSWICK — After several decades of waiting, the Police Department will finally have a new home on Oct. 1. That’s when police will move out of the cramped, 6,000-square-foot Town Hall basement on Federal Street and into a new, 20,000-square-foot, two-story police station on the corner of Stanwood and Pleasant streets. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday […]

Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster

Special Town Meeting OKs Topsham tax incentives, neighborhood plan

by Alex Lear

TOPSHAM — Voters approved a neighborhood revitalization plan and two proposed tax increment financing proposals Wednesday at a special Town Meeting. The gathering, held at Mt. Ararat High School, ran about 40 minutes and drew 55 voters – less than 1 percent of the town’s nearly 7,000 registered voters. “The articles this evening are not asking […]

https://www.pressherald.com/2013/09/page/74