Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 3/24 Trout Unlimited Family Conservation Event and Fundraiser, 4 p.m., Italian Heritage Center, Portland. Dinner, presentations, auctions, kids’ activity room, www.auctria.com/auction/SebagoTU. Silent Auction, 6-8 p.m., Amvets Hall, North Road, Yarmouth, proceeds from bids on African safari, Costa Rican villa, tickets to Boston Symphony and more will benefit Tuttle Road UMC, Cumberland. Free […]
March 2018
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Mid-Coast primary elections all uncontested
BATH — Election fans may find this June a bit disappointing: there are no contested local primaries for either the state House or Senate. The deadline for party candidates to file nomination papers with the Office of the Secretary State for the June 12 primaries was March 15. Unaffiliated candidates have until June 1 to […]
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Falmouth budgets could add 90 cents to tax rate
FALMOUTH — Adjustments are still being made to the proposed new school and municipal budgets, but if adopted as initially presented, the combined spending would total nearly $49.9 million and require a 90-cent increase to the tax rate. The municipal budget for fiscal year 2019 is $12.7 million, an increase in spending of nearly $276,000, according […]
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Longtime Cumberland County DA Stephanie Anderson will not seek re-election
PORTLAND — Seven-term Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson is not seeking re-election. Anderson was unavailable for comment Monday, but her decision was confirmed by her spokeswoman, Tamara Getchell, in a one-sentence statement. Six candidates, meanwhile, have filed to succeed Anderson, a Republican who has been the county’s top prosecutor since 1991. Republican Randall Bates, a […]
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Northern Meetings: March 22-28
Chebeague Island Thur. 3/22 7 p.m. Planning Board Public Hearing CIH Tues. 3/27 7 p.m. Planning Board CRC Wed. 3/28 6 p.m. Board of Selectmen Budget Workshop CIH Cumberland Sat. 3/24 8 a.m. Budget Workshop TH Mon. 3/26 7 p.m. Town Council TH Durham Tues. 3/27 6:30 p.m. Board of Selectmen TH Falmouth Mon. 3/26 […]
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Arts Calendar: March 21-31
Greater Portland Exhibits “The Summit Project’s Honor Case,” Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland, honors Maine veterans who died since 9/11. Features engraved stones of fallen service members, through March 24. “Maine Birds: Watercolors by Michele Clamp,” Gilsland Farm Gallery, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, through March. “Moments of Reflection – Paintings by Kerrin Parkinson and Patricia Ritzo,” Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 U.S. Route […]
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Not the first time the Mary E came back to Bath for restoration
The ship is under restoration again at Maine Maritime Museum.
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Federal bill could compensate Wiscasset for nuclear waste
Wiscasset could be compensated for storing nuclear waste from the former Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.
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Frank J. Wood Bridge environmental assessment meeting to be held March 28
The public is welcome to comment on the project to replace or rehabilitate the bridge between Brunswick and Topsham.