FALMOUTH — Residents heard full budget presentations from both the School Board and Town Council last week at Falmouth Elementary School. Andrew Kinley, chairman of the School Board’s Finance Committee, presented the board’s nearly $30.4 million proposal. It contains a nearly $1.3 million spending increase that will lead to a 65-cent increase in the schools’ portion […]
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Savings shave 1% off proposed Cumberland-North Yarmouth school budget
CUMBERLAND — Savings in areas like employee health insurance and special education have helped reduced the projected fiscal 2014 budget in School Administrative District 51 by about $281,000. The reduction trims the spending plan by 1 percent. Next year’s budget was to have increased $1.15 million, or 3.78 percent, to $31.5 million, under a proposed […]
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Conn. pair charged with drug possession, theft in Freeport
FREEPORT — Two Hartford, Conn., residents were arrested April 12 and slapped with several charges, including heroin and crack cocaine possession, and theft. Kenneth Fowler, 50, and 42-year-old Keashie Walker were spotted by police after Fowler allegedly attempted to back a 2001 Ford van he was driving out of the Interstate 295 northbound on-ramp, Police […]
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Maine Turnpike Exit 52 reopens, for now
FALMOUTH — The southbound Maine Turnpike exit to the Falmouth Spur has been temporarily reopened. The first phase of the Exit 52 rehabilitation is complete, but work will continue on the bridge through November. Additional closures to the on and off ramps are expected to be announced, according to a Maine Turnpike Authority press release. In […]
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Cumberland County Civic Center still hopes for deal with Portland Pirates
PORTLAND — With the Portland Pirates and Cumberland County Civic Center sparring over the hockey team’s future at the arena, lease negotiations were on the agenda for a meeting of the Civic Center Board of Trustees Wednesday. The team’s lease expires April 20, the date of their last regularly scheduled home game, although it gives […]
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Portland school chief challenges teachers to 'invest' in budget cuts
PORTLAND — Although the referendum on the fiscal year 2014 school budget is less than a month away, the superintendent of schools said there could still be some reductions if the teachers union cooperates. Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk said the $97.9 million budget presented to the finance committee represents the vision, values and priorities of the district. […]
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Longtime marathon starter from Yarmouth: 'Perfect day' turns tragic
YARMOUTH — Rosalie Baker-Brown fired the starting gun at the Boston Marathon on Monday, something she’s done many times since the mid-1990s. Now 85, Baker-Brown has been intimately involved in the race for decades. She grew up in Hopkinton, Mass., where the marathon begins, and married into the Brown family, which helped found the race. […]
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Court orders Portland 'handyman' to pay $236K
PORTLAND — A city resident must pay more than $236,000 in restitution after he was found guilty of violating the state’s Unfair Trade Practices Act for posing as a “handyman.” Daniel B. Tucci was convicted in Cumberland County Superior Court and ordered to repay 14 victims, state Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced in press […]
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Museums mark Maine's 'special connection' to Civil War
PORTLAND — The Civil War may seem the dusty stuff of history textbooks. But 152 years after it began the impact of the war is felt even today. The country has been marking the 150th anniversary of the war since 2011. But much of the remembrance is taking place this year, the sesquicentennial of what […]
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Street-art debate: Right to Portland sidewalks is in eye of the beholder
PORTLAND — Street artists waiting for the city to clarify where and how they can sell their wares have to wait a little longer. The City Council’s Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee has been debating possible changes to regulations on the vendors – including a proposed requirement that they register with the city […]