It’s been eight years since Maine had a new governor, and we’ve only had two in the last 16 years: Paul LePage and John Baldacci. New governors don’t come around very often, so it’s fitting to note their arrival. This was done with a fair amount of pomp and circumstance at last week’s inauguration of […]
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South Portland and Scarborough news from The Forecaster.
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Habitat’s Scarborough housing development nears completion
SCARBOROUGH — Three years after it started, Habitat for Humanity is wrapping up its largest project ever in greater Portland. Construction of the 13-home Carpenter Court mixed-income neighborhood Carpenter Court began in December 2015. The 20-acre parcel of land off Broadturn Road includes 15 acres of conservation land. Eight of the single-family homes are Habitat program homes, […]
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Gorham Notes
Christmas tree disposal Gorham residents can dispose of natural Christmas trees at Gorham Public Works, 80 Huston Road. Trees can be dropped off near the silver bullet recycling units. Additionally, local farms may be accepting the trees for goats’ snacks. This is for live trees only; artificial trees are not recyclable and must be disposed […]
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Looking Back
Jan. 12, 1994 Westbrook aldermen voted Monday to set the election of Westbrook’s mayor for June 14, the day of Maine’s primary elections. That will leave City Council President Kenneth Lefrebvre as acting mayor for 5½ months and through most of the city and school budgets. Patrick Rossi and a co-worker from the E.G. Oleson […]
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The Universal Notebook: Farewell to failure
The older you get the more fleeting the present. It’s frightening how fast eight years of Paul LePage went by. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I joined hundreds of others in Augusta to protest one of LePage’s first boneheaded moves: ordering the removal in 2011 of the mural in the Maine Labor Department […]
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Scarborough Police Beat: Jan. 11
Arrests 1/1 at 3:15 p.m. Michelle L. Choate, 23, of Bradford Lane, was arrested on Bradford Lane by Officer Breagh Macaulay on a charge of violating condition of release. 1/2 at 3:13 p.m. Andrew D. Flanders, 44, of West Pownal Road, North Yarmouth, was arrested on Payne Road by Officer Ben Landry on charges of unlawful possession […]
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South Portland in no rush to accept Whitney Avenue
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council Tuesday opted to “kick the can down the road” and buy more time to decide what to do with Whitney Avenue, a so-called paper street that connects Main Street and Huntress Avenue. Paper streets are roads that were laid out in subdivisions, but never built or accepted by the city as […]
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We Love to Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Jan. 10, noon Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Baked chicken, $5. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 12, 5-6:30 p.m., Casco Masonic Lodge, 20 Mill St., Yarmouth. Three kinds of beans, hot dogs, coleslaw, macaroni & cheese, homemade biscuits and pies. $10, $4. Boy Scouts spaghetti supper – Saturday, Jan. 12, 5-6:30 p.m., […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Going under
Everyone wants to live by the water. They look forward to finding a flooded river flowing through their living room. They like the idea that the lake is slowly turning their front yard into a swamp. And they can’t wait for the day when the ocean’s rising tide will officially claim their property as part […]
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Buxton Notes
New life for Dems Interest in local Democratic committees has experienced a rebirth, Hollis Democrats say. “In 2017, about a dozen Hollis residents began meeting monthly to reinvigorate their party. Two of their efforts were a booth at the summer Hollis Pirate Fest and a governors candidate forum attended by every Democrat running for their […]