The 8-year-olds track down the Portland artist and discover the history of a lobby sculpture at Mabel I. Wilson Elementary School.
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Gray gets new preserve abutting Libby Hill trails
Royal River Conservation Trust makes its first substantial foray into Gray with the 150-acre site.
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Circus coming to Cumberland Fairgrounds despite worries over animal treatment
The Cumberland Town Council receives assurances from the Cumberland Farmers Club and approves the permit for 10 circus performances this summer.
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North Yarmouth Fire Rescue looks to expand or move
The department, limited on space, is seeking an outside assessment of its facility needs to determine its next steps.
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Now in North Yarmouth, Wild Seed Project keeps on growing
The native plant nonprofit has doubled in size and is ramping up its community partnerships and events.
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Mental health liaison to join Falmouth, Yarmouth, Cumberland police
The liaison will respond to mental health-related calls, provide crisis intervention and connect people to mental health services.
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Greely, Yarmouth students raise thousands for victims of war
A fourth grader at Greely Middle School in Cumberland was the driving force behind a read-a-thon that raised $45,000 for relief efforts, and a Yarmouth High School club raises thousands more than their original goal.
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Anonymous donor gives Falmouth police $300,000 for Tasers, cameras
The gift means the department can fully outfit its force with stun guns and cameras and its patrol cars with dash cams at no cost to the department or taxpayers.
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Conservation trust targets land in four-town ‘hot spot’
The Royal River watershed in New Gloucester, Pownal, Durham and Auburn “is special in the context of the unknown of the future climate,” according to the Royal River Conservation Trust, which is looking for land donations.
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Yarmouth community music center scaling up
The $5.5 million expansion project at 317 Main includes a performance hall, 10 studios and an elevator for handicapped accessibility and is expected to be completed by December.