The combined town and school budget calls for an increase to the tax rate of more than 7%, but the town manager stressed he is confident that rate will drop.
2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Applications for federal aid open to arts venues
Music presenters, museum operators and talent representatives are among those eligible for the $16 billion grant program.
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Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Window on the Past – Stephen Hubbard, lighthouse keeper at Bug Light, founder of Peoples Church
We take a look this week at another significant person in Ferry Village’s past, Stephen Hubbard. Born in 1806, Hubbard became a house carpenter by trade and was living in Portland when he married Eliza Sawyer in 1831. Eliza was from Cape Elizabeth and was the daughter of Capt. David H. Sawyer who had operated […]
Posted inNation & World, News
NRA’s LaPierre admits he didn’t tell board about bankruptcy, yacht trips
The National Rifle Association declared bankruptcy five months after the New York attorney general sued seeking the group’s dissolution.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin breaks ground on new arctic center in Brunswick
The new facility in Brunswick is expected to be complete in November 2022.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
South Portland property owners seek relief from revaluation
Taxes are expected to soar in spite of a less than 1.5% increase in the proposed city budget.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
South Portland releases COVID-19 Impact Report
Economic Development shares fourth-quarter business survey results.
Posted inNation & World, News
Britain’s virus cases drop 60% as vaccines, lockdown take effect
Researchers also found that the relationship between infections and deaths is diverging,
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Departing Superintendent DePatsy talks about his tenure in Saco, future plans
An ad hoc committee of the Saco School Board is interviewing candidates for a short term interim superintendent through June 30 and was to make a recommendation to the full board on April 13, after the Courier’s weekly print deadline.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
U.S. jobless claims up to 744,000 as virus still forces layoffs
Layoffs also increased slightly in Maine, with about 3,000 Mainers filing an initial jobless claim or reopening a previous claim.