CAPE ELIZABETH — School Board members are urging legislators to resist Gov. Paul Lepage’s proposal to shift 50 percent of teacher retirement costs to local districts. Board members say the move would place a new and significant burden on schools already reeling from large state curtailments. On Monday, the board, along with members of the […]
2013
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Scarborough goal: Cap spending growth at 3%
SCARBOROUGH — With a list of 10 goals for the coming year, town councilors saw no need to prioritize the list they compiled at a Wednesday night workshop. By consensus, they agreed municipal spending should increase no more than 3 percent, a goal Town Manager Tom Hall said is necessary and achievable. But as Councilor Jessica […]
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Scarborough Planning Board OKs rebuilding McDonald's
SCARBOROUGH — After more than a year of presentations and revisions, McDonald’s restaurant owners got their break Monday night when the Planning Board approved a new restaurant at 221 U.S. Route 1. The unanimous vote came after Kerry Corthell, serving as a nonvoting board alternate, criticized the revised exterior plan for the new 3,900-square-foot restaurant. […]
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Smitty's Cinema making Windham comeback
WINDHAM – Smitty’s Cinema, once located next to the North Windham Post Office, is making a dramatic return to Windham. Owner Milton Smith, who ran the former Chunky’s and Smitty’s from 1995 to 2005, is investing $1.5 million to renovate the recently vacated Five-Star Cinema in the Windham Mall and expects to open in April. […]
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Smitty's Cinema making Windham comeback
WINDHAM – Smitty’s Cinema, once located next to the North Windham Post Office, is making a dramatic return to Windham. Owner Milton Smith, who ran the former Chunky’s and Smitty’s from 1995 to 2005, is investing $1.5 million to renovate the recently vacated Five-Star Cinema in the Windham Mall and expects to open in April. […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
GUARD DUTY – Cliff Notes
The fiscal cliff threw me. I thought going over it was just what the country needed – raise taxes on the rich who’ve been paying historically low rates, and cut government spending which is now a scary 50 percent of the economy. Why did everyone so desperately try to avoid last summer’s Grand Deal? How […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
GUARD DUTY – Cliff Notes
The fiscal cliff threw me. I thought going over it was just what the country needed – raise taxes on the rich who’ve been paying historically low rates, and cut government spending which is now a scary 50 percent of the economy. Why did everyone so desperately try to avoid last summer’s Grand Deal? How […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland farmers market site still uncertain
SOUTH PORTLAND — Some progress is being made toward expanding the outdoor farmers market when it opens this spring. But the essential element of the market – precisely where it will operate – remains unresolved. A series of proposed ordinance changes that would allow more types of vendors, different kinds of locations, and advertising for […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE – Take your money and run
In a recent column my tagline (that’s at the end of the column) mentioned that the time may come where Maine might become a state too expensive to live in. I must admit that some of my taglines are in fun or are meant to create thought as to what might happen. And out of […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
ON THE RIGHT LANE – Take your money and run
In a recent column my tagline (that’s at the end of the column) mentioned that the time may come where Maine might become a state too expensive to live in. I must admit that some of my taglines are in fun or are meant to create thought as to what might happen. And out of […]