CAPE ELIZABETH — Voters on June 12 will decide whether to validate a $25.4 million school budget. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Cape Elizabeth High School. The School Board decided not to include a facility study in the fiscal year 2019 spending plan after the Town Council adopted a budget that […]
May 2018
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough won’t hold special election to fill School Board
SCARBOROUGH — The four remaining members of the School Board on Tuesday decided not to hold a special election to replace three recalled members. The motion to hold a special election was defeated 3-1, with Leanne Kazilionis in the minority. Because four is the quorum for the board, the motion required unanimous passage. Kazilionis argued an election […]
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough won’t hold special election to fill School Board
SCARBOROUGH — The four remaining members of the School Board on Tuesday decided not to hold a special election to replace three recalled members. The motion to hold a special election was defeated 3-1, with Leanne Kazilionis in the minority. Because four is the quorum for the board, the motion required unanimous passage. Kazilionis argued an election […]
Posted inMaine, News
When the target of a scam showed up at Falmouth’s Walmart, this employee intervened
Lisa Taylor will receive an award at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Arkansas for her role in saving an elderly man $2,500 from a scam.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Police say they could charge Rockland man who heard voices ‘telling him to do a school shooting’
Brandon Luzzi remained at Pen Bay Medical Center on Wednesday getting a mental health evaluation, a day after 8 guns were seized from his home within sight of South Elementary School.
Posted inMaine, News
Duffel bag found on street corner triggers evacuation in Old Port while bomb squad investigates
The bag was left on a sidewalk near the U.S. Custom House, prompting police to evacuate nearby businesses and close streets.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Library of Congress is given largest donation of comic books ever
The gift, spanning eight decades of comic books, comes from the collection of Stephen A. Geppi, a Baltimore comics distributor.
Posted inTimes Record
Gaza’s Hamas rulers say cease-fire reached with Israel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Gaza’s Hamas rulers said Wednesday they had agreed to a cease-fire with Israel to end the largest flare-up of violence between the sides since a 2014 war. Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official, said Egyptian mediators intervened “after the resistance succeeded in warding off the aggression.” He said militant groups in […]
Posted inTimes Record
Veterans’ champion remembered
TOPSHAM He was tenacious, loud and often in your face if it meant getting what he wanted — helping veterans. A 22-year Air Force veteran, Chick Ciciotte of Topsham was also a 112-pound flyweight Golden Gloves boxing champion. When he retired, he became more renowned for helping veterans in the state. Maine veterans lost their […]
Posted inTimes Record
$30.1M RSU 1 budget approved
BATH Nearly 50 people came out Tuesday evening for the Regional School Unit 1 regional budget meeting at Bath Middle School. The two-step process is required by state law for the district and consists of the regional budget meeting followed by a budget validation vote via referendum. That referendum will take place June 12, alongside […]