PORTLAND — This year’s Pride Portland! festival will include 10 days of activities and events designed to celebrate the LGBTQ community. In addition, the event will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, often considered a galvanizing moment of the pride movement. Organizers of the celebration also hope to avoid some […]
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Cumberland opens new pier at Broad Cove Reserve
CUMBERLAND — A new pier at Broad Cove Reserve is open for business, with only a few finishing touches left to wrap up the project this month. Prock Marine Co. built the structure – which includes an 80-foot gangway, floats and float moorings – at its Rockland headquarters over the winter. The company floated it down […]
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Yarmouth reception to honor retiring police chief
YARMOUTH — The town will hold a public reception for retiring Police Chief Michael Morrill on Thursday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the community room at Town Hall. Morrill is leaving the Police Department after 42 years of service, including 16 years as chief. Cards may be mailed to Town of […]
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Falmouth installing new wayfinding signs
FALMOUTH — The town is installing 32 new directional signs intended to provide consistent, attractive and effective information to the traveling public. The new signs are the culmination of several years of work and planning to replace 30-year-old wayfinding signs, which had fallen into disrepair or had been removed. They will highlight businesses on Route […]
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Yarmouth health center to discuss summer hazards
YARMOUTH — The Mercy Health Center on Route 1 will hold a public information session on summer health hazards, including browntail moth catepillars and ticks, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 12. The event is free, but RSVPs are required due to limited seating. Email [email protected] or call 879-3368 to reserve a seat or for more […]
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Falmouth council weighs creation of wellness committee
Update: The Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday, May 29, for a rollback to the pre-2016 dimensional standards in the Residential A districts. This was the option preferred by the majority of speakers at a recent public hearing on how best to address growth and density issues in town. FALMOUTH — The Town Council is considering changes […]
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Yarmouth seeks input on trail planned off Sligo Road
YARMOUTH — Community Services is seeking public input on the best use of what’s known as the “sandpit parcel” in the new Village Run subdivision off Sligo Road. Karyn MacNeill, the community services director, said the goal is not to make this parcel “into a typical park or recreational site,” but to make sure the public […]
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Class of 2019: Falmouth senior works to encourage inclusivity
FALMOUTH — Hannah Fishman has a passion for inclusivity, while also recognizing the need to honor diversity. She’ll graduate from Falmouth High School on Sunday, June 2, and plans on majoring in education at Syracuse University. While she wants to teach, Fishman said her dream job is to become a school administrator, so she can foster […]
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Freeport Police Beat: May 30
Arrests 5/22 at 8:40 p.m. Elizabeth Chase, 26, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Keith Norris on U.S. Route 1. 5/23 at 1:31 a.m. Lawrence Henigan, 59, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Keith Norris on Main Street. 5/24 at 12:15 a.m. Logan Landry, 27, of Main […]
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Cumberland Police Beat: May 30
Arrests 5/17 at 4:44 a.m. Jason Goggin, 27, of Country Lane, Durham, was arrested by Officer Joseph Burke on Interstate 295 on a charge of criminal speed. Summonses 5/13 at 9:38 p.m. Russell Zimmerman, 27, of Mayberry Road, Gray, was issued a summons by Officer Ryan Pynchon on Gray Road on a charge of operating […]