FREEPORT — The town is considering a municipal shellfish aquaculture permitting program, but the proposal is opposed by clam harvesters. The pilot program would require an amendment to the town’s shellfish ordinance if enacted. The amendment was recommended by the Shellfish Conservation Commission. The town’s ordinance committee, consisting of Councilors Sarah Tracy, Melanie Sachs and Bill […]
2016
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Rolling Stones to perform free concert in Havana March 25
The concert is expected to draw a massive audience in a country where the government once persecuted young people for listening to rock music.
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Portland Jetport plan outlines projects worth $312M
PORTLAND — A $312 million Portland International Jetport Sustainability Master Plan is getting final revisions before heading to city councilors in early April for a workshop. “I think this one codifies what had naturally started to build in the community, the administration and stakeholders,” Jetport Director Paul Bradbury said Feb. 25 of the plan that would guide airport […]
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Portland school budget to be presented next week
PORTLAND — Interim Superintendent of Schools Jeanne Crocker will present a proposed budget for the 2016-2017 school year at the March 8 School Board meeting. The meeting will be held in Room 250 of Casco Bay High School, 196 Allen Ave., at 7 p.m. This year’s budget of $102.8 million represented a 1.2 percent spending increase over […]
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Freeport capital improvement budget declines
FREEPORT — Town Manager Peter Joseph is proposing a five-year capital plan with a revised fiscal year 2017 budget of $1.85 million. The total proposed 2017 budget decreased more than $697,000 from this year. The biggest driver of the 2017 capital budget is comprehensive town improvements, with tax increment financing of village improvements, municipal facilities, and the Public […]
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Freeport capital improvement budget declines
FREEPORT — Town Manager Peter Joseph is proposing a five-year capital plan with a revised fiscal year 2017 budget of $1.85 million. The total proposed 2017 budget decreased more than $697,000 from this year. The biggest driver of the 2017 capital budget is comprehensive town improvements, with tax increment financing of village improvements, municipal facilities, and the Public […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland eyes potential 1.4% municipal tax hike
CUMBERLAND — A preliminary municipal budget projects a 1.4 percent tax increase next year. The town’s $10.35 million budget could increase 3.6 percent in fiscal year 2017, to $10.73 million. That includes a 3.7 percent Cumberland County tax increase – from about $747,000 to $775,000. It does not include a to-be-determined School Administrative District 51 […]
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Yarmouth-to-Guatemala trip raises $425K for Safe Passage
YARMOUTH — Dr. Deb Walters has completed her fundraising journey to Guatemala. The Maine grandmother, who lives in Troy, raised more than $425,000 for Safe Passage, the Yarmouth-based organization that helps children and families living in the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. She departed Yarmouth by kayak in July 2014, and the 2,500-mile trip wasn’t a straight shot […]
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Partnership boosts effort to restore Fort Gorges in Portland harbor
PORTLAND — The future of Fort Gorges will get renewed focus when the Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday reviews plans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair hazards at the Civil War-era structure. The plans are the beginning of public and private efforts to restore the fort on Hog Island in Casco Bay, city spokeswoman […]
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No budging after Obama meets with Republicans over vacant Supreme Court seat
It’s the first time the leaders have met since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death last month set off a clash over the vacancy.