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Portland meeting on Ludlow Pond set for Sept. 25

PORTLAND — Councilor Kim Cook and city staff will host a public meeting on Ludlow Pond at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25 in the Deering High School cafeteria. Ludlow Pond, off Ludlow Street in Deering Center, is used as a skating pond in the winter and is a wildlife preserve, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin said in […]

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Strong start continues for local squads-Southern edition

Scarborough’s volleyball team celebrates a point during last week’s four-set loss at Falmouth. Cape Elizabeth’s Prezli Piscopo converts a penalty kick during the undefeated Capers’ 3-0 home win over Freeport Monday. Cape Elizabeth’s Matt Laughlin battles a Leavitt defender for the ball in the fog during the Capers’ 42-20 loss Friday night. (Ed. Note: For […]

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Vitelli: State must do more to protect Mainers from predatory student loan companies

Maine people deserve basic consumer protection against shady student loan companies. As lawmakers, it’s our responsibility to make sure these large, unregulated financial institutions cannot get away with unethical business practices that trap Mainers into cycles of debt. When the new Legislature meets early next year, lawmakers must join together and pass a student loan […]

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Starving for farmhands: Maine’s small, midsized farms suffer from labor shortage

This summer, when Ian Jerolmack should have been getting trays ready for seed, spreading fertilizer, and setting up drip tape on his Bowdoinham farm, he was, instead, begging for bodies. Like many other diversified vegetable farms in Maine, Jerolmack’s Stonecipher Farm, which provides food to many of Portland’s trendiest restaurants, was starving for farmhands. Until […]

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Bar Harbor Bank & Trust issues donations

ROCKLAND — Bar Harbor Bank & Trust recently presented donations from its employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for a Cause. After pooling all contributions from employees and directors, collected from April through June, and tallying employee votes for nonprofit beneficiaries, the following organizations each received a gift: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine, Girls Incorporated […]