SOUTH PORTLAND – Just in time for the July 1 start of the new fiscal year, the South Portland City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve an $88.93 million spending plan that is expected to drive local property taxes up 2.12 percent. After other revenues, the need from taxes will rise $1.17 million, or 2.1 […]
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Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
South Portland sets $88.93M budget
SOUTH PORTLAND – Just in time for the July 1 start of the new fiscal year, the South Portland City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve an $88.93 million spending plan that is expected to drive local property taxes up 2.12 percent. After other revenues, the need from taxes will rise $1.17 million, or 2.1 […]
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Town announces firefighter changes
SCARBOROUGH – On Monday the Scarborough Fire Department held a swearing-in ceremony for new and reappointed officers in the town’s call company, the pay-per-incident volunteers who augment the department’s full-time staff. The retirement of Capt. Hank Foster after 23 years will see Brian Smart re-appointed as captain, a position he held for several years before […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Board OKs land for Otto Pizza
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend the city sell 1,500 square feet of land belonging to the main branch of the public library to a nearby pizza place. Otto Pizza, a popular Portland-based chain with five locations in Maine and Massachusetts, is scheduled to open in August […]
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Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
The 1996 crash off Long Island killed 230 people. The retired investigators claim that findings in the NTSB probe were ‘falsified.’
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
GUEST COLUMN: Small-business owners should diversify
Regarding the closing of Sam’s Place (June 13 Sun Chronicle), it is no mystery why the downtowns of Saco and Biddeford (along with other towns) are struggling. 1. The local governments approve the construction of the shopping centers with the big box stores while failing to address the issues that keep shoppers and large anchor […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Web
EDITORIAL: Small businesses need support of communities
June 17-21 is National Small Business Week, an observance first marked 50 years ago by President John F. Kennedy. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration – the agency led by Maine resident Karen Mills – half of the American workforce either owns or is employed by one of the country’s 28 million small businesses. […]
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Freeport drops 'birthplace' motto
FREEPORT – Debunking a myth and correcting a long overdue historical inaccuracy, the Freeport Town Council officially removed the town motto, the “Birthplace of Maine”, from their town seal in a unanimous vote Tuesday night during a regular council meeting. The accuracy of the motto came under scrutiny in February after longtime Freeport eatery Jameson […]
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Maine man gets 3 years for stealing VA benefits
Richard Ramsdell Jr. of Cutler obtained benefits by falsely claiming to be unemployed and unable to work because of his back and mental condition.
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Farmingdale boy improving after falling into pool
Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department officials say Cody Campbell is recovering at Maine Medical Center and he now recognizes his parents.