After Winslow successfully launched a similar program, Manchester, Winthrop and Monmouth are looking for ways to lower taxes or protect farmland so it doesn’t get developed.
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Posted inBusiness, Business Breakfast, Events
Business Breakfast Forum: Commercial Real Estate
Join us Nov. 29 at the Portland Public Library for our next panel discussion.
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth post marks 50 years of service to, and by, veterans
YARMOUTH — AmVet members sipped on sodas, chatted, and played darts on Monday afternoon in their post’s dimly lit pool hall on North Road. Finance Director Steve Smith called it a typical 2 p.m. scene at the half-century-old post, which is dedicated to U.S. Army veteran Robert W. Boyd, of Yarmouth, who was killed serving in […]
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, Review
Dance review: ‘Giselle’ delights and frights in all the right places
Portland Ballet presents the seasonally appropriate tale that includes the ghost of a woman scorned.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Fixes eyed for problematic Yarmouth intersection
YARMOUTH — The Town Council unanimously endorsed potential modifications to the intersection of Route 1 and Portland Street. The council on Oct. 19 also took action to assist senior-citizen residents. The Route 1-Portland Street intersection has long been a concern due to its unconventional configuration, wide width, and close proximity to Yarmouth High School and Exit […]
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, a Trump critic, won’t seek re-election
He says he fears that current impulses ‘to threaten and scapegoat’ will turn Republicans into a ‘fearful, backward- looking party.’
Posted inOpinion, Podcasts, Politics
Opinion podcast: ‘Compassionate Caveman’ Mike Violette cheers as Portland progressives ‘eat their own’
The longtime local broadcasting personality joins hosts Greg Kesich and Bill Nemitz to analyze Portland’s politics, and Violette’s buyer’s remorse over his vote for President Trump.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Rule changes will allow scallop fishing in state waters
Federal regulators say making the change in Maine and Massachusetts won’t have an adverse effect on the fishery.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Nonprofit sues LePage seeking release of federal workforce training funds
Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. contends that the governor and his labor commissioner are violating federal law by rejecting federal workforce training funds.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
VIA PRESS HERALD: Boy, 14, charged with threatening people with BB gun in Bath
The teen was taken into custody outside the YMCA.