CAPE ELIZABETH — The town is accepting applications from local nonprofit groups that would like to receive proceeds from the Bottle Shed. Applications, which can be found on the town website, are due by March 25 at 4 p.m. They can be sent to Community Liaison Officer David Galvan at P.O. Box 6260 in Cape Elizabeth […]
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Proposed Cape Elizabeth school, municipal budgets up 4%
CAPE ELIZABETH — Superintendent of Schools Meredith Nadeau has proposed a 4 percent school budget increase for fiscal year 2017, while Town Manager Mike McGovern has proposed a 3.8 percent municipal increase. The $24.4 million school budget, which was presented to the School Board Tuesday night, has an increase of more than $923,000 from the current year. […]
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Trump to campaign in Portland on Thursday, 2 days before Maine’s Republican caucuses
The presidential front-runner plans to hold an event at the Westin Harborview, according to his website.
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Scarborough faces another fight over Pine Point access
SCARBOROUGH — Pine Point residents are again rallying to keep a traditional public access beach path from falling into private hands. This time, the residents are lining up against a proposal to discontinue a town-owned right of way, Avenue 2, at the request of a property owner who wants to rebuild a larger beach-side home, […]
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Harpswell car burglaries surge in February
HARPSWELL — Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce on Monday said 15 vehicles were burglarized in town during the first two weeks of February. All of the vehicles were parked in residential driveways, Joyce said in a press release, and were left unlocked by their owners. There were 27 vehicle burglaries reported in 2015, Joyce said, and all of […]
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Harpswell Rep. McCreight seeks re-election
HARPSWELL — First-term state Rep. Jay McCreight, D-Harpswell, announced she will seek re-election in House District 51. McCreight previously was a social worker for 30 years. District 51 includes Harpswell, West Bath, and east Brunswick.
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York County casino bid fails to qualify for Maine’s November ballot
Supporters of the controversial proposal submitted petitions with 91,294 signatures, but only 35,518 were deemed valid – well below the 61,123 signatures needed.
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Harpswell land trust ramps up fundraising for Otter Brook
HARPSWELL — Advocates pitched plans for an approximately 70-acre preserve on Otter Brook to a nearly full house at the town offices Tuesday night. Otter Brook is the second-largest freshwater stream in Harpswell, according to the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, and drains the northern part of Harpswell Neck into Ewing Narrows and Harpswell Cove. Two properties […]
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Sheriff slams Louisiana decision to let murder suspect return to Maine home
Benjamin Shaw, accused of fatally stabbing a man outside a Louisiana nightclub, is free on bail and living in Naples, in what Sheriff Kevin Joyce calls ‘a slide job.’
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Maine marijuana legalization bid fails to qualify for ballot
The campaign did not obtain the 61,123 valid signatures required to make the ballot because of problems with the signatures of petition circulators and notaries.