Office hours The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8: 30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561. Meetings Durham selectmen will meet Tuesdays, March 10 and 24, at 6:30 p.m., at the Town Office. There will be a meeting of the Budget Committee at […]
February 2015
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Portland's aging communications system an expensive, high priority
PORTLAND — While the existing city communications system is still “solid,” according to Police Chief Michael Sauschuck, the time has come for something new. “We know we have a system that has reached its end of life,” Sauschuck said Monday about the network that handles more than 66,000 emergency calls annually and communications between city […]
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Pownal News: 2/25/15
Office hours The Town Office, at Mallett Hall, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 and closed Friday. On Thursday, Feb. 26, so that staff can attend training classes, the Town Office will close at 11:30 a.m. Meetings A Planning Board workshop has been scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25, at […]
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Freeport: Shellfish warden job changed
The Freeport Town Council was set this week to pass two amendments that would change the duties and title for the position of shellfish warden. The meeting Tuesday night was held after the Tri-Town Weekly’s deadline. The council was scheduled to conduct public hearings on an amendment to the town’s administrative code, and on an […]
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Film, talk examine Maine farming issues
Three Freeport concerns with direct ties to locally produced food will be among the four presenters on Thursday, Feb. 26, following the screening of the film “Growing Local,” at the Freeport Community Center. Wolfe’s Neck Farm and the Freeport Conservation Trust are co-hosting the film and panel discussion, which will run from 7-9 p.m. There […]
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Freeport: As ominous state proposal looms, budget work begins
Town Manager Peter Joseph will begin the months-long process of adopting a 2016 municipal budget on Feb. 26, when he sends a five-year capital budget draft to the Town Council. The Town Council in turn will discuss the five-year capital program when it meets on Tuesday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. Many workshops and council […]
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Freeport: As ominous state proposal looms, budget work begins
Town Manager Peter Joseph will begin the months-long process of adopting a 2016 municipal budget on Feb. 26, when he sends a five-year capital budget draft to the Town Council. The Town Council in turn will discuss the five-year capital program when it meets on Tuesday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. Many workshops and council […]
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Freeport: Talk focuses on laws that could aid solar farm creation
The fledgling Freeport Climate Action Team, a spinoff of climate-change activists 350.org, will host state Rep. Sara Gideon, a Freeport Democrat, at an energy symposium March 5 at the Freeport Community Library. Sukie Rice of Freeport, spokeswoman for Freeport CAT, as she calls it, said that Gideon’s presentation will help people understand climate- and energy-related […]
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Lewiston nonprofit again nets most enrollees on health exchange
Maine Community Health Options says 57,600 Maine residents have enrolled with the company this year.
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Yellen says Fed still ‘patient’ on raising interest rates
At the same time, the Federal Reserve chair suggests that the central bank is moving closer to a rate hike by describing the steps it will take when it decides the time is right.