HARPSWELL — Five coves that were closed to shellfish harvesting for more than a decade reopened July 30. The Maine Department of Marine Resources had previously prohibited harvesting at Dog’s Head Cove, Gun Point Cove, Indian Rest, Oakhurst Island and Ridley Cove, and Quahog Bay. Darcie Couture, the town’s marine resource coordinator, told the Board of […]
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Brunswick train barn construction moving forward, despite appeal
BRUNSWICK — The citizen’s group opposing a proposed Amtrak layover facility is appealing the rail authority’s storm-water permit. But the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, which operates the Amtrak Downeaster, is going to go ahead and start building it anyway. In an interview Monday, NNEPRA Executive Director Patricia Quinn said her team plans to meet […]
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Summer and school year, Brunswick High School goes international
BRUNSWICK — For three summers, Chinese high school students have been coming to Brunswick High School to see “the way life should be.” “The first thing that hits them is the fresh air,” said Robert Goddard, a social studies teacher who organizes the China program. “We take them right down to the shore and they just […]
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Benefit concert for Dominican hospital at Brunswick Landing
BRUNSWICK — Seeds of Independence will hold a benefit concert Friday, Aug. 28, for the Good Samaritan Hospital in La Romana, Dominican Republic. The hospital was built with the help of the Brunswick-based nonprofit on the site of an old garbage dump, and now sees more than 60,000 patients a year, according to a press release. […]
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More trash in Bath requires additional landfill gas control
BATH — If the city landfill seems a little more pungent at times in the next few weeks, it’s due to an expansion of its gas management system. The landfill emits methane and other gases, and a flare installed in 2008 burns off those gases to eradicate foul odors and reduce the landfill’s carbon footprint. […]
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Dishin' That: A little fairness could go a long way
Fair and equal treatment for all is not a common behavioral mantra in the restaurant business. Senior staff, even if they’re less competent or committed, usually get the bigger, better shifts. Such scheduling is part of the “charm” that accompanies the hiring, staffing, retention, and lack of structure in the serving world. In the restaurant […]
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Community Calendar: Aug. 26 to Sept. 8
Greater Portland Bulletin Board Saturday 8/29 Portland High School Class of 1965 50th Reunion, reception 4:45 p.m., dinner 7 p.m., $50, Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland, 774-7095, [email protected]. Tuesday 9/8 Casco Bay Newcomers Club, social group for new and current residents, meets monthly, 5:30 p.m., free, Muddy Ruddy Restaurant, 1335 U.S. […]
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Arts Calendar: Aug. 26 to Sept. 8
Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 8/26 “Of Sea and Cloud,” discussion with author Jon Keller, noon, free, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, portlandlibrary.com. “The Girl in the Glass,” discussion with author James Hayman, 7 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, freeportlibrary.com. Thursday 8/27 “The State We’re In,” reading by […]
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People and Business
Hires, Promotions, Appointments Safe Passage, a Yarmouth-based nonprofit group that assists and helps educate at-risk children in Guatemala, recently hired Matthew Wolcott as director of development and U.S. director. Wolcott has worked in development for nearly 10 years, most recently with a private school in New Hampshire. He also has worked in marketing and communications […]
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Topsham, Harpswell go back to school with recommendation to replace Mt. Ararat High School
TOPSHAM — One of the key items School Administrative District 75 expects to address in the upcoming school year is whether to renovate or replace Mt. Ararat High School. Meanwhile, school starts Aug. 31, with several new faces among the administrative staff. A draft facilities study concluded the high school should be rebuilt on its […]