Some business owners fight the change, which will turn some angled parking into fewer parallel spaces.
2016
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Support voiced for oyster farm
HARPSWELL Jon Rogers, a lobsterman from Orr’s Island, is pursuing a 10-year aquaculture lease to farm American oysters in the Harpswell area. The Maine Department of Marine Resources held a public hearing on Monday night regarding his proposal for a site located northwest of Orr’s Island in Harpswell. Rogers will be installing lines of floating […]
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5 questions with … Sandra Garson, the ‘Nana Chef’
WEST BATH Sandra Garson recently launched “Nana Chef,” a cooking program in the local community geared toward children, whom she calls her “cookees.” Garson, a devout Buddhist, has shared her expertise in the culinary arts not only in Midcoast Maine, but in other U.S. cities and different parts of the world like Nepal, where she […]
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PHS annual meeting program open to the public
BRUNSWICK Pejepscot Historical Society is inviting the general public to the program portion of its 2016 Annual Meeting, to be held March 31, at Frontier Café in Brunswick, inside Fort Andros, 14 Maine St. The event takes place in Frontier’s theater venue. The featured speaker is Brook Ewing Minner, executive director of Northeast Historic Film […]
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Lisbon PTO launches $6K collection drive
LISBON The Fourth Annual Lisbon Community Schools Parent Teacher Organization has launched their collection drive for this year’s auction with two new cochairs. The event, which raised over $6,000 for the school for field trips, education enhancements and supplies last year will now be lead by Laura Ingerson and Michelle King. They are both excited […]
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Students jump rope for funds, awareness
BRUNSWICK Physical Education students at Coffin School will host its annual Jump Rope For Heart event to raise money for the American Heart Association, which funds lifesaving heart and stroke research and community and educational programs for our youth. “By including physical activity into their daily routines, kids can significantly reduce the onset and burden […]
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Maine overdose deaths up 31 percent
PORTLAND Maine saw a 31 percent increase in drug overdose deaths last year as addiction to heroin, fentanyl and other opioids continued to take a toll on the state, officials said Monday. All told, 272 people died from overdoses in 2015, setting another record following 208 overdose deaths the year before, according to an analysis […]
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State considers switching from caucuses to primaries
AUGUSTA Complaints about long lines and crowded rooms at Democratic and Republican caucuses last weekend have spurred legislative leaders to propose replacing Maine’s caucuses with state-run presidential primaries. Senate Minority Leader Justin Alfond on Monday said he plans to submit legislation that would allow voters to select party nominees for president in a statewide election […]