Chebeague Island Mon. 2/27 4:30 p.m. Cemetery Committee PSB Wed. 3/1 6 p.m. Planning Board TBD Sat. 3/4 9 a.m. Special Town Meeting IH Cumberland Mon. 2/27 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 2/28 6:30 p.m. Planning Board TH Durham Mon. 2/27 6:30 p.m. Budget Committee TO Falmouth Mon. 2/27 7 p.m. Town Council TH […]
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State board: Cumberland psychiatrist violated probation
CUMBERLAND —A Cumberland Foreside psychiatrist violated conditions of probation established last year, the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine said in a press release last week. The board concluded that Charles Clemetson failed to comply with probation conditions imposed in March 2016 that barred Clementson from continuing his private practice, gave him 90 days to […]
Cumberland plans roadside spraying for browntail moths
CUMBERLAND — The town, in another attempt to eliminate browntail moth caterpillars, will focus its efforts this spring on the east side of Interstate 295. Residents in the area will have the opportunity to opt out of the roadside spraying program. The Town Council decided in a straw poll Feb. 13 to pursue a ground-based […]
Cumberland Police Beat: Feb. 16
Arrests 1/31 at 9:04 p.m. Gail Roberts, 43, of Hill Street, was arrested by Officer Joseph Burke on Hill Street on a charge of assault. 2/6 at 1:49 a.m. Jeffrey Taplin, 48, of Dutton Hill Road, Gray, was arrested by Officer Antonio Ridge on Gray Road on a charge of operating under the influence. Summonses […]
Cumberland council OKs work on 3 road projects
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday approved bids from contractors for three road projects to be almost entirely completed this year. The panel tapped Storey Brothers of Cumberland for the town’s Middle Road reconstruction and waterline expansion project; A.H. Grover of North Yarmouth for sidewalk, drainage and water main improvements on Tuttle Road, and […]
Cumberland Police Beat: Feb. 9
Arrests 1/26 at 9:41 p.m. Alonzo Foster, 57, of George Road, was arrested by Officer Scott Hendee on George Road on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 1/29 at 2:40 a.m. Thomas Wiley, 24, of Forest Lane, was arrested by Officer Benjamin Burnes on Forest Lake Road on a charge of operating under the influence. […]
Cumberland-North Yarmouth school board approves pre-kindergarten
CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors voted 6-2 Monday to launch a pre-kindergarten program. The panel also approved hiring an architect to provide design services for the district’s planned performing arts center. Superintendent Jeff Porter, who has recommended implementing pre-K in fall 2018, must still apply to the state Department of […]
Topsham eyes strategies to mitigate browntail moth
TOPSHAM — Following a presentation on browntail moth infestation in Maine communities, town staff plan to present a report to the Board of Selectmen in the coming weeks. “We are learning like everybody else is learning,” Town Manager Rich Roedner said in an interview earlier in the day on Jan. 26. “What we … learn […]
Cumberland Police Beat: Feb. 2
Arrests 1/20 at 10:28 p.m. Andrea Vining, 22, of Tuttle Road, was arrested by Officer Benjamin Burnes on Mill Road on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. Summonses 1/19 at 4:50 p.m. George Isaac, 27, of Harrison Road, Norway, was issued a summons by Officer Scott Hendee on U.S. Route 1 […]
Greely High graduate killed while walking cross-country for environmental cause
Mark Baumer was hit by an SUV while walking barefoot to raise awareness and money to fight climate change.