TOPSHAM — Voters at Town Meeting next week will decide on an $8.5 million fiscal 2014 municipal budget, which reflects a 4.8 percent increase over the current year. Town Meeting will be held at the Mt. Ararat High School Commons at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 15. Warrant articles, approved by the Board of Selectmen last […]
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RSU 1 board sends $28M budget to voters
BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors on Monday unanimously approved a $27.7 million budget for fiscal 2014. The School Board also unanimously supported the hiring of Kari Babcock as principal at the Fisher Mitchell School in Bath. Babcock, who replaces Nancy Harriman, has been principal at Phippsburg Elementary School. Next year’s […]
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Freeport OKs permits, shellfish funds
FREEPORT — The Town Council approved an after-the-fact environmental permit application Tuesday night for part of the Hunter and Pownal roads fields. It also approved spending $35,000 to begin a comprehensive shellfish research project aimed at discovering the root of a decline in the soft-shell clam population. Last week, the council approved an appropriation of […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth Planning Board checks off on Route 1 plan
FALMOUTH — After several years in the making, a comprehensive plan to overhaul Route 1 passed one of its final hurdles Tuesday night: a unanimous endorsement from the Planning Board. The plan now heads to the Town Council for final approval May 13 before going to voters in June. At the meeting, minor tweaks and […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Did security trump policy, transparency in SAD 51?
School Board refuses to pay for new equipment CUMBERLAND — After a lengthy and often heated discussion Monday about a new security system purchased for School Administrative District 51, the School Board deadlocked over the nearly $166,000 equipment lease/purchase. The 4-4 vote defeated the proposal. Now, Co-Chairmen Jeff Porter and Bill Richards will meet with […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Debate over Portland plaza moves to neighborhoods
PORTLAND — While a City Council committee mulls a new plan for using public space in Congress Square, the plan’s backers and opponents will square off in two neighborhood meetings this week. Representatives of RockBridge Capital LLC and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, owners of the adjacent Eastland Park Hotel, presented the design – the […]
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Calendar puts Portland's 1st day of school, Jewish New Year in conflict
PORTLAND — Jewish students in the city’s public schools will have to choose between attending the first day of school in September and worshipping on the Jewish New Year. Jewish community leaders said they have been playing catch-up since the School Board approved the 2013-2014 school calendar in April. They said they don’t understand why […]
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Portland school budget cuts up to 49 jobs, now goes to voters
PORTLAND — After a sometimes emotional, contentious public hearing, the City Council on Monday approved the fiscal-year 2014 school budget and sent it to a voter referendum next Tuesday, May 14. The $96.4 million budget calls for eliminating as many as 49 positions, and is based on raising the portion of property taxes that fund […]
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Running for Habitat in Freeport
Rebecca Miller of Saco, the eventual women’s winner, leads a group of runners as they approach the corner of Park and School streets in Freeport last Sunday evening during the Cinco de Mayo It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere 5K. Proceeds from the event support Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland’s Women Build project on Hummingbird Lane […]
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North Yarmouth selectmen candidates agree on major issues
NORTH YARMOUTH — Incumbent Steven Palmer must defeat one of two challengers – Woodfin Brewer, or former Selectman Clark Whittier – to win a second term on the Board of Selectmen. With Selectman Robert Wood not running again, two board seats are up for grabs on June 11. The candidates all agree on three key […]