HARPSWELL — The town does not have an automatic teller machine, but the Harpswell Business Association is hoping that will change. Town staff said they will look into the viability of installing an ATM after HBA requested a machine at Town Hall on Mountain Road. Gail Kass, who does marketing for HBA and co-owns Ash […]
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State battles winter moth with parasitic flies in Harpswell, Cape Elizabeth
HARPSWELL — Over the next few months, two Maine communities will become the battlegrounds in the war against insects. The state last week introduced hundreds of parasitic flies in Harpswell and Cape Elizabeth, in an attempt to decimate the winter moth, an invasive species that poses a threat to Maine’s forests. Winter moths have been […]
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Brunswick celebrates history on May 18
BRUNSWICK — The Village Review Board will host a walking tour of Maine Street on May 18 at 10 a.m. in observation of National Historic Preservation Month and Pejepscot Historical Society’s Community Appreciation Day. The “Focus on Maine Street” tour, guided by local historian Dick Snow, is also being held to help promote the Brunswick Downtown […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Going for the gold in Cumberland
Jessica Wilson runs “under the rainbow” during the girls’ 1,600-meter event during a track meet at Greely High School in Cumberland on May 10. She found the pot of gold at the end, too: Wilson won the race.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland cafe to expand hours, add beer, wine
CUMBERLAND — Doc’s Cafe, which opened a year ago at the corner of Main Street and Tuttle Road, plans to expand its hours three days a week and serve light dinners, gelato, beer and wine. The Town Council unanimously approved vinous and malt liquor licenses for the business on Monday, Town Manager Bill Shane said. […]
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Chebeague Island: 4 candidates vie for 2 selectmen seats
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — The town’s first contested secret-ballot election has attracted four candidates for two seats on the Board of Selectmen. On the School Board, meanwhile, incumbent Carol White is uncontested for one of two open seats. Jerry Wiles decided not to seek re-election to the other seat, and no one else filed papers to […]
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Film on impact of Iraq War deaths to screen in Portland
PORTLAND — In advance of Memorial Day, which is May 27, Portland will be the site of a screening of a 2010 documentary about how a small Maine town coped with the impact of the Iraq War. Lee, a town of 845 people about 60 miles north of Bangor, was home to two soldiers killed […]
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North Yarmouth village plan meeting on May 23
NORTH YARMOUTH — With a proposed Town Triangle Village Center Project going to Town Meeting voters June 15, a public meeting on the plan will be held next week. The meeting will be held at the Town Office community meeting room, 10 Village Square Road, at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 23. The project would turn […]
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Yarmouth school chief search to be reopened
YARMOUTH — Having not found what it considers the best person to serve as the next superintendent of schools, the Yarmouth School Committee announced Tuesday that it will reopen the search. “We interviewed a number of qualified candidates, but did not find the right match,” School Committee Chairwoman Abby Diggins said in a press release. […]
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Greely Middle School principal to leave in June
CUMBERLAND — School Administrative District 51 will lose an award-winning administrator when Kimberly Brandt, who has worked in SAD 51 since 1999 and served as principal of Greely Middle School since 2005, becomes assistant superintendent in Regional School Unit 16 on July 1. “It’s hard; I’ve been the principal here for eight years, and I […]