Author Anne Gass of Gray will be the special guest of the Cumberland Historical Society Wednesday, June 28, for a talk on Florence Brooks Whitehouse, a novelist, painter, vocalist and mother of three who joined the women’s suffrage movement in 1913. Gass, Whitehouse’s great-granddaughter, is the author of “Voting Down the Rose: Florence Brooks Whitehouse […]
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Hohl, Lichter hope to advance SAD 51 school project
The Cumberland residents were the top vote getters in the three-way race for two seats, and the Cumberland-North Yarmouth school district’s budget is approved in both towns.
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Douglass ‘excited to jump in’ as new Cumberland Town Council member
Baily Douglass defeated Scott Jordan with 61% of the vote in the race for the At-large council seat.
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School Notebook: June 14
St. John’s student wins state poster contest Sadie Anderson, a third grader at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick, was the first-place K-3 winner in the Maine Constitution Essay and Poster Program. She and her classmates met the Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Rep. Ed Polewarczyk at the Statehouse on June 1. The Maine […]
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Cumberland elects school board members, supports school budget
Cumberland residents voted Tuesday to fill two Town Council seats, as well as two School Administrative District 51 school board seats. Running for Town Councilor At-Large were Baily Douglass, who served previously on the Cumberland Bicentennial committee, and Scott Jordan, a U.S. Army veteran with experience in the nonprofit sector. Douglass won a 967-vote, or […]
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Falmouth counselor providing safe space at LGBTQ+ healing circle
Julia Maslen will host a special Pride Month judgment-free healing circle June 18 in Cumberland to give participants a chance to share their struggles and how they’ve worked through them.
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Blanchard Road stop sign not going anywhere in Cumberland
Engineers at Gorrill-Palmer had advised the Town Council to remove the sign at the T-intersection with Skillin Road because it is confusing.
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Cumberland Community Band to perform Juneteenth concert
The Cumberland Community Band will celebrate the Juneteenth holiday at its annual Concert in the Park at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 19, in front of Greely High School. Special guests will be Lydia Moland, author of “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life,” and human rights activist and Maine’s first Black legislator Gerald Talbot. The […]
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Cumberland Historical Society hosts grand opening June 17
Cumberland Historical Society will celebrate its grand opening and official dedication from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 17. The event will include light refreshments, tours, a behind the scenes look at what the historical society does, the opportunity to meet directors and volunteers, and the chance to view the new farming and agriculture […]
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Northern Meetings: June 15-22
Chebeague Island Thu. 6/15 7 p.m. Climate Action Team School Wed. 6/21 6 p.m. Select Board Town Hall Cumberland Mon. 6/19 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Tue. 6/20 7 p.m. Planning Board Town Hall Wed. 6/21 4 p.m. Housing Authority Zoom Falmouth Wed. 6/21 6 p.m. Town Council Annual Caucus Zoom, Town Hall Wed. […]