Community-supported agriculture programs, or CSAs, allow consumers to buy seasonal foods directly from local farmers and producers. When consumers purchase a “share” of a farmer’s output they receive a weekly portion of the harvest. That weekly box or bag of goods is fresh and varied and allows the farmer and customer to get to know […]
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Falmouth Police Beat: May 23
Arrests 5/14 at 4 p.m. Derek Smith, 27, of Longwoods Road, was arrested on Longwoods Road by Officers Mat Yeaton and Steve Townsend on charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, falsifying evidence and six counts of violating conditions of release. Summonses No criminal summonses were issued from May 10-17. Fire calls 5/10 at 1:29 […]
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North Yarmouth Police Beat: May 23
Arrests No arrests or criminal summonses were reported from May 13-19. Fire calls 5/16 at 7:05 p.m. Power line down on North Road. EMS North Yarmouth emergency medical services responded to five calls from May 13-19.
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Cumberland Police Beat: May 23
Arrests 5/8 at 2:10 a.m. Derek Smith, 27, of Longwoods Road, Falmouth, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Matthew Merriman on Harris Road. 5/9 at 11:31 p.m. Gregg Zimmerman, 43, of Meredith Drive, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Jake Lachance on Foreside Road on a charge of operating under the influence. Summonses No summonses […]
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Yarmouth community center could get green light in June
YARMOUTH — Three years after the idea was first floated, a community center is close to getting final approval to take over the Masonic Lodge on Mill Street. The idea, according to Horace Horton, who co-chairs the Yarmouth Community Center Steering Committee with his wife Barbara, is to consolidate many of Yarmouth’s social services and other […]
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Coastal History: Fantasy, fact collide on the high seas
I was born and raised in the City of Ships. While I enjoy seeing the destroyers and other ships that Bath Iron Works builds, I have always loved the old wooden sailing vessels, and part of me is sad that I was born too late to enjoy them. Many thousands of them were built in […]
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Brunswick, Topsham, Bath, Harpswell prep for Memorial Day events
BRUNSWICK — Topsham, Brunswick, Harpswell and Bath are planning a full morning of events on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. Topsham and Brunswick’s joint parade units will begin to line up at Monument Place at 8:15 a.m. Following an 8:45 a.m. observance there, the parade will move down Main Street toward Brunswick at 9 a.m., […]
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Chebeague ferry bill a step closer to passage
CHEBEAGUE — A bill that would exempt the Chebeague Transportation Co. from paying sales tax on its new ferry was unanimously approved by the Legislature’s Taxation Committee May 17 and now heads to votes in the House and Senate. The bill, LD 124, is sponsored by Rep. Janice Cooper, D-Yarmouth, because the Chebeague ferry also is […]
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Cumberland tech company pursues nationwide niche in parole monitoring
CUMBERLAND — A few months after opening an office off Gray Road, tech company Call2test aims to expand its business in the probation and parole markets by hiring 25 new employees this year. Considering the company at the end of last year consisted only of founder and CEO Sam Hotchkiss and Account Executive Stephen Quirk, […]
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North Yarmouth veterans park to unveil statue on Memorial Day
NORTH YARMOUTH — Five years after it gained a new lease on life, Veterans Memorial Park is marking Memorial Day with a new statue. The unveiling will happen during a 3 p.m. ceremony Monday, May 27, at the corner of Memorial Highway (Route 9) and Parsonage Road. Joseph Reagan of Easterseals Maine will be the […]