BRUNSWICK — Longfellow Days, an annual celebration of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, begins Feb. 2 and continues through the rest of the month with several events that touch upon Longfellow’s friendship with British novelist Charles Dickens. The first week of events will include readings by local poets, a tour of Longfellow’s former home (now the Joshua […]
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Grant to preserve Harpswell shorelands
HARPSWELL — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust and Maine Coastal Heritage Land Trust a $300,000 grant to preserve more than 80 acres of land in West Harpswell. The grant will help the two land trusts preserve uplands and wetlands on White Island and Wilson’s Cove, along with […]
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'Homework' needed, but parishioners favor closing South Portland church
SOUTH PORTLAND — A professional assessment of the market value of St. John the Evangelist Church is planned after a parish meeting last Sunday revealed overwhelming support for a recommendation that the 70-year-old church be closed. Monsignor Michael Henchal said the Jan. 27 meeting of parishioners produced a need for more more details about the […]
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Panel to study S.P. compensation practice
SOUTH PORTLAND — Residents and business owners are invited to apply for a commission reviewing compensation for city councilors, School Board members and members of other municipal committees and boards. Harpswell-based consultant Michael Wing will assist the commission, which will send findings and recommendations to the City Council. Current councilors and former councilors who have […]
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Legislators to host budget forum in S. Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — State Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, will host a public forum at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Community Center to discuss supplemental and biennial budgets proposed by Gov. Paul LePage. Millett represents District 7, which includes South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, and the eastern portion of Scarborough. She will be joined by […]
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Part of downtown Brunswick eyed for historic designation
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Downtown Association is considering nominating the Maine Street area between Pleasant and Mason streets for the National Register of Historic Places. The designation could open up the area, which includes several buildings dating to the early 19th and 20th centuries, for state and federal tax incentives for building rehabilitation. The BDA […]
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Habitat offers home weatherization services
BATH — Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine is offering families with a qualifying limited income the chance to button up their homes against the cold and cut their heating fuel expenses. The organization – with help from the Maine Community Foundation, Davenport Trust, United Way of Mid Coast Maine and local churches – is providing free energy […]
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Mid-Coast heating assistance high on demand, low on supply
BRUNSWICK — Heating assistance programs are struggling to meet the demand from households that need help. Maria Hinteregger, who as associate director of community impact for United Way of Mid Coast Maine helps compile a list of heating assistance programs in the Mid-Coast area, called the situation “dire.” “In whatever community you live in, there […]
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Brunswick Landing tax dispute gets 'less adversarial'
BRUNSWICK — A tax dispute between the town and the quasi-municipal authority that runs the former Naval Air Station has possibly taken a turn for the better, according to officials on both sides. Meanwhile, Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development has withdrawn a proposed bill that local officials blasted for threatening to remove local […]
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RSU 1 sets March 19 referendum on cost formula
By Alex Lear BATH — Regional School Unit 1 will hold a district-wide referendum March 19 on a new cost-sharing formula. The RSU 1 Board of Directors, which unanimously adopted the new plan last month, set the referendum date Monday. Public meetings on the matter will be he…By Alex Lear BATH — Regional School Unit […]