BUXTON — Adam Sanborn, 26, was taken into custody after he allegedly threatened his mother with a firearm on Mother’s Day, according to a press release from Police Chief Troy Cline. Sanborn, Cline said in the release, would be charged with domestic violence criminal threatening with a firearm, a Class C crime, and domestic violence […]
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On the Right Lane: Let's talk trash
“No matter how you look at it, scooping garbage into an oven and setting it afire is an equally primitive alternative to digging a hole in the ground and burying it. The former contaminates air; the latter, groundwater.” Sandra Steingraber, biologist, author and cancer survivor The Portland Press Herald recently had an article about problems […]
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Town-owned pit in Standish now off limits to shooting
STANDISH — The Town Council has finalized an ordinance change creating a “no discharge of firearms zone” on town-owned property off Boundary Road in Standish. The Standish Town Council voted 6-1 at its Tuesday, May 8, meeting to create the approximately 50-acre zone for a town-owned pit, which one councilor previously described as a “war zone” […]
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Three vie for two Naples Planning Board seats
NAPLES — Three candidates are competing for two seats on the Naples Planning Board in the town’s only contested race on the May 22 ballot. Current Chairman Lawrence Anton, Robert Fogg and Stephen P. Smith are vying for the two Planning Board seats. Selectboard incumbents Rich Cebra and Jim Turpin are the only two candidates on the […]
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Fireworks limits advance in Gray
GRAY — A proposal to limit the use of fireworks in town has sparked debate in Gray. The Town Council held a May 1 first reading on a proposed ordinance, which Gray Community Development Director Doug Webster said he drafted based on council direction and similar ordinances in neighboring towns. “I leaned on Cumberland and Windham,” […]
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: May 11
Arrests 5/2 at 10:37 p.m. Angela Volger, 37, of Ocean House Road, was arrested on Ocean House Road by Officer Benjamin Davis on a charge of operating under the influence. 5/3 at 12:49 a.m. Mariano F. Scandizzo, 40, of Trundy Road, was arrested on Ocean House Road by Officer Benjamin Davis on a charge of operating under […]
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South Portland High School Riot Rack goes from pantry to prom
SOUTH PORTLAND — A student clothing and food pantry at South Portland High School is offering everything from snacks to prom dresses this spring. Cecile Laplante, a French teacher for 40 years, oversees the Riot Rack project, which collects food, clothing and school supplies for all students. “So many kids are in need,” South Portland High School […]
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Validation vote on SAD 15 budget next week
GRAY — The first of two public votes on the Gray-New Gloucester school budget will take place next week. SAD 15 will hold its budget validation town meeting at 6:30 p.m. next Thursday, May 17, at the Gray-New Gloucester High School cafeteria. If approved during next week’s meeting, the $26.7 million budget for the coming fiscal […]
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Pharmacists prepare to prescribe overdose-reversing drug
AUGUSTA — The president of the Maine Board of Pharmacy expects new rules aimed at increasing access to the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone to be finalized by the middle of the month. “The rules are actually finalized, pretty much,” Joe Bruno said May 4. Bruno, who also serves on the town of Raymond Selectboard, said the […]
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Term limits topic again at New Gloucester town meeting
NEW GLOUCESTER — Voters signed off on the coming year’s budget at the annual town meeting in New Gloucester Monday night, but not without some renewed debate over Selectboard term limits and firefighter compensation. The $4.4 million fiscal year 2019 expense budget will result in an estimated 3.6 percent increase in the municipal portion of the tax rate […]