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Conflict-of-interest concerns dog Cape Elizabeth council, School Board

by Jocelyn Van Saun

CAPE ELIZABETH — Five months after the last election, questions are still being raised about how to address a potential conflict of interest between the Town Council and School Board, which Town Manager Matt Sturgis called “uncharted territory.” The School Board and Town Council met April 12 to discuss implications of the school’s $25.6 million budget. […]

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S.P. Land Trust organizes cleanup

by The Forecaster

SOUTH PORTLAND —The South Portland Land Trust will hold its annual Earth Day cleanup Saturday, April 21. Participants can sign in at Mill Creek Park from 8:30-11:00 a.m., where they will obtain instructions, directions, bags, and gloves. Bags can be brought back to Mill Creek Park or left at designated locations for South Portland Public […]

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Scarborough lawyer nominated to bench

by The Forecaster

AUGUSTA —Governor Paul R. LePage has nominated Matthew G. Tice of Scarborough as a Maine District Court judge. Tice has served in the Cumberland County district attorney’s office since 1997. Prior to moving to Maine from New York State, Tice worked in private practice and in the Dutchess County and Ulster County district attorney’s offices. […]

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Scarborough lawyer nominated to bench

by The Forecaster

AUGUSTA —Governor Paul R. LePage has nominated Matthew G. Tice of Scarborough as a Maine District Court judge. Tice has served in the Cumberland County district attorney’s office since 1997. Prior to moving to Maine from New York State, Tice worked in private practice and in the Dutchess County and Ulster County district attorney’s offices. […]

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Cape Elizabeth man contends retaliation in firing

by Juliette Laaka

PORTLAND — A former Hannaford Bros. Co. supervisor contends he was fired last year in retaliation, in part, for reporting racially insensitive nicknames directed at another employee. He also claims he was dismissed because he opposed the company’s decision not to approve a schedule change for another associate.   James McLean, of Cape Elizabeth, filed a civil […]

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CELT to screen film, provide discussion

by The Forecaster

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and filmmaker Mark Ireland will host a free screening April 26 of Ireland’s documentary, “Community Conservation: Finding the Balance Between Nature and Culture.” The film profiles four Maine land trusts. Afterwards, attendees can join Ireland and representatives of several land trusts in a discussion of ways that conservation […]

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Scarborough man faces charges after standoff

by The Forecaster

SCARBOROUGH — A man who allegedly threatened to shoot his girlfriend in the kneecaps if she called police was arrested April 15 after a standoff that lasted for nearly three hours at the couple’s home on Manson Libby Road. Joshua Knowles, 28, was charged with elevated aggravated assault, domestic violence criminal threatening, domestic violence assault, […]

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American Lung Association: Maine air quality is improved

by David Harry

PORTLAND — Breathing may be easier, but it can still be a risky proposition. That is the finding of a statewide report card issued Wednesday by the American Lung Association. “The 2018 ‘State of the Air’ report finds that Maine has taken some big leaps this year, with significantly less ozone than in years past,” American […]

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