TOPSHAM — Brad Smith, superintendent of School Administrative District 75 since 2011, plans to retire July 1. The 65-year-old Portland resident said in an interview Friday that “I’m healthy, and happy doing what I’m doing, but as 66 approaches I want to be able to spend that time with my wife and our adult kids.” […]
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The Forecaster owner Reade Brower will buy newspapers in Brunswick, Biddeford
PORTLAND — Reade Brower, who already owns most of Maine’s daily newspapers and many of its weeklies, on March 23 announced he will add to his holdings with the acquisition of The Times Record of Brunswick and the Journal Tribune of Biddeford, as well as the Mainely Media weekly publications. Brower, who lives in Camden, […]
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Bath Police Beat: March 23
Arrests 3/13 at 9 a.m. Edwin Kahkonen, 48, of Bath, was arrested on a warrant by Sgt. Andrew Booth on Water Street. 3/16, no time listed. John Coffey, 70, of Wesley Street, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin on Wesley Street on a charge of burglary. 3/17 at 12:56 a.m. Marguerite Dempsey, 25, of Billerica, […]
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Brunswick Police: March 23
Arrests 3/15 at 6:44 p.m. Charles M. Gates, 36, of Bath Street in Bath, was arrested at Jordan Acres School on Jordan Avenue by Officer Cory Iles on a probation hold. 3/17 at 12:53 a.m. Tricia J. Jacobs, 37, of Katie Lane in Topsham, was arrested at Route 1 and Mason Street on charges of operating with […]
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Harpswell Police: March 23
No arrests or summonses were reported from March 14-21.
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Accessibility is main reason to support Option 2 in Wiscasset
A “Pretty Little Village” that you can’t access is a topic of conversation I have often heard among my neighbors in Wiscasset. As several of my neighbors have gotten older they realize that they no longer can walk into town on the slippery brick sidewalks and crumbling stairs leading into the stores. My immediate neighbor […]
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Wiscasset MDOT project should be stopped
MDOT has stated that its own plan to eliminate all street parking in downtown Wiscasset will save a meager 12 seconds and, ironically, that savings will be lost within a few months as traffic increases. Meanwhile a death-knell will be sounded for Main Street businesses who pay taxes and generate municipal revenue and provide jobs […]
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Is on-street parking overrated?
I am writing as a concerned patron of the shops in Wiscasset, a driver and parker, and a concerned citizen about the UNFOUNDED FEARS of the shop owners, as indicated in their affidavits posted on the Wiscasset town website. Many are friends and I do not want them to have fears of any nature. I […]
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End the court fight over Wiscasset MDOT project
I am writing concerning the Main Street Project in Wiscasset. The Maine Department of Transportation offered to bring improvements to the summer traffic situation in town and presented three options to the citizens. By a wide margin the citizens of Wiscasset accepted Option 2. This plan included limiting interference with traffic by eliminating diagonal parking […]
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Time to think forward in Wiscasset
I fully support MDOT’s Wiscasset Downtown Improvement Project with the Option 2 design for the following reasons. Safety: Having parking on Main Street is a major safety issue for both drivers and pedestrians. Drivers cannot see oncoming traffic or pedestrians when attempting to back out of any one of the on-street parking spaces. Drivers such […]