The Old Red Church is owned by the town, but maintained by its board of trustees, an arrangement that makes it difficult to prove state grants are needed to preserve the structure.
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North Yarmouth approves articles at town meeting, moves to join trail board
More than 150 residents came to vote on 28 articles, one of which authorized the town to join a supervisory board for the Casco Bay Trail.
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Brunswick adopts ordinance limiting mobile home park rent hikes
Brunswick is one of many Maine communities imposing measures to protect park residents, who say rents are on the rise and conditions are insufficient.
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Portland council votes down plan to request payments from tax-exempt property owners
An amendment that would have stripped away the payments in favor of an annual report on tax-exempt property also failed.
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Idexx removes suspected plate-reading cameras from properties in Westbrook, Scarborough
Maine is one of 3 states that prohibits private entities from using these types of cameras, which can capture and analyze images of license plates and share the data with other entities.
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Windham adopts budget at what could be its last in-person town meeting
Debates ranged from taxation to whether the town was ‘under-spending.’
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Scarborough Land Trust expands Pleasant Hill Preserve by 25 acres
The additional land gives the preserve a total of 211 acres.
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Crash, grass fire lead to road closures as Scarborough also hit by power outages
Both Route 1 and Haigis Parkway have since reopened. Meanwhile, CMP has restored power to all of the 5,000-plus customers who lost electricity Monday.
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Wells Beach fire ruled accidental, caused by propane leak, explosion
The massive fire leveled the beachfront home at 149 Atlantic Ave., left 1 resident with minor burns and scorched homes on either side of it.
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Gray residents raise money to bury beloved minister
Community members raised nearly $1,800 for the funeral service and interment of Natalie Blake.