The nonprofit says its due process rights were violated when the town appeals board revoked a permit for a major expansion.
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Midcoast news from The Forecaster.
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Bath-area youth support group celebrates outreach, honors
BATH — It was a very good year for Jamie Dorr and the Midcoast Community Alliance. The network, which she founded a year ago to help troubled youth and the adults around them access the resources to prevent tragedies like suicides, received its sixth honor of the year last week. Dorr, who is president of […]
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Bath-area youth support group celebrates outreach, honors
BATH — It was a very good year for Jamie Dorr and the Midcoast Community Alliance. The network, which she founded a year ago to help troubled youth and the adults around them access the resources to prevent tragedies like suicides, received its sixth honor of the year last week. Dorr, who is president of […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
SAD 75 eyes pre-kindergarten program for fall 2018
TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 next fall may for the first time admit 4-year-olds in a pre-kindergarten program. A task force composed of parents, staff and SAD 75 directors has met since June to research implementation the program. The work has included discussions with the pre-kindergarten coordinator in neighboring Regional School Unit 1. “We’re […]
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Curtis Johnson, Maine’s own Elvis
Johnson was often the closest thing Mainers could get to The King.
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Understanding relationships in real estate representation
The ins-and-outs of who represent whose best interest in a real estate transaction
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The Chinese cupboard childhood escape
A beloved cupboard offers respite from forced boredom
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Hindsight: A look back at the Coastal Journal in 2017
As 2018 approaches, we took a look back at what happened in the last year.
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Report: Maine faces education, skills crises
PORTLAND — Most high-growth jobs in Maine will require an education beyond high school, making the need for a postsecondary degree more acute here than in the nation as a whole. Meanwhile, the proportion of economically disadvantaged students in Maine classrooms has increased by almost 10 percent over the past decade. This is a cause for […]
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Portland, Brunswick artists to turn state Capitol dome into art
AUGUSTA — Recycling isn’t just good for the environment anymore; the Maine Arts Commission is hoping it can make for intriguing artwork, too. Judith Allen, a Portland mixed media artist, and James Creighton, a Brunswick-based visual artist, have been selected by the organization to create two pieces for its State Capitol Dome Copper Reuse Project. […]