Town Council is expected to reconsider on Thursday a proposal that would cost the town $100,000.
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Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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A dam exam
Yarmouth takes stock of its two old dams on the Royal River as the town begins a discussion about whether to keep them.
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End-of-life rights crusader dies at 91
SCARBOROUGH – Norman Morse finally got his way. The 91-year-old Falmouth man, the subject of a July 10 story in the Maine Sunday Telegram that inspired a community dialogue about physician-assisted suicide, died late Friday at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. He had been there for a week, after falling and seriously injuring his head in […]
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Residents look to blow whistle on train noise
Downeaster’s plans for growth spur towns and cities to seek new or expanded quiet zones.
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Amtrak history exhibit to visit Freeport
The free exhibit is touring the nation with a display of memorabilia.
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Smoky fire leaves 33 homeless
Neighbors help to rescue children from a Sherman Street apartment building.
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Falmouth gun club addressing concerns
Landscaping and drainage improvements are needed to correct violations of Maine DEP standards.
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Sherman Street fire extinguished, residents rescued
One woman said she waited 10 minutes while hanging by her hands from a second-floor window sill before firefighters were able to lower her to safety.
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Yarmouth board OKs McKearney Village plan
Many neighbors have expressed concerns about the 39-lot project, which allows a 32-unit complex.
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Volunteers unearth clues to town’s past
Artifacts uncovered in a Freeport archaeological dig help tell the story of one of the community’s earliest residents.