Members of the Standish Fire Department Color Guard view and touch a 9/11 Memorial dedicated at the new Southern Maine Community College Maine Fire Service Institute on Sept. 15 at Brunswick Landing. The memorial contains a section of girder from the World Trade Center towers that was given to the Bath Fire Department by the […]
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Topsham to celebrate Bridge-to-Bridge trail
TOPSHAM — A ceremony will celebrate the completion of the Bridge to Bridge Trail on Saturday, Sept. 29. The event will run from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Bridge Street trail. There will be guest speakers and town staff, along with refreshments and snacks, according to Jeff Deletesky, vice chairman of the Topsham Heights Neighborhood Association, […]
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Bath councilor seeks re-election and Maine House seat
BATH — City Councilor Kyle Rogers, a Court Street resident who has served on the council for six years, is running for re-election and to be the new state representative in House District 62. Asked Wednesday if intends to serve in both capacities if elected to both offices, he said, “right now, I’m leaving my […]
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Freeport Town Council OKs use of eminent domain for train station access
FREEPORT — The town is now authorized to use eminent domain to create an easement to its new passenger rail station. With negotiations for acquisition of the small strip of property continuing, whether the town will actually use the land-taking tool remains to be seen. A unanimous vote by the Town Council on Tuesday night […]
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Competing interests frame Falmouth sign debate
FALMOUTH — Why are signs such a big deal in Falmouth? It’s a question raised in the wake of debate over the sign at TideSmart Global on Route 1. “If you look at a lot of communities, one of the hardest parts of ordinances to write, come to agreement on and enforce, are signs,” Town […]
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Social issues separate candidates in Senate District 11
YARMOUTH — A first-time candidate is challenging a former three-term state representative and first-term incumbent state senator in Senate District 11 on Nov. 6. Sen. Dick Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, and Republican Chris Tyll, of Cumberland, are competing for the seat that represents Chebeague Island, Cumberland, Falmouth, Gray, Long Island, North Yarmouth and Yarmouth in the state […]
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Retired Navy captain challenges incumbent in Senate District 10
BRUNSWICK — Economic development is a major topic in the political debate, and it’s no different in state Senate District 10, where a retired U.S. Navy captain and construction company manager is challenging incumbent Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick. Freeport resident Ralph Dean was unopposed for the Republican nomination earlier this year. Gerzosky, who is seeking […]
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Portland food truck era begins with cupcakes; will it end there, too?
PORTLAND — A month after regulations began allowing food trucks to operate in Portland, the city’s first licensed mobile food vendor planned to open for business Wednesday. Love Cupcakes will sell its gourmet treats from a renovated, 1960s-vintage travel-trailer on a small, privately owned space at the corner of Center and Commercial streets. Previously, the […]
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King cites $900M tax-break program as a job creator
HALLOWELL — The No. 1 issue on voters’ minds this year is jobs. Angus King, the leading candidate in the U. S. Senate race, claims as governor he helped create jobs in Maine with some of his policies, including a program called Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement, or BETR. Until King became governor, businesses had to […]
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Durham to vote on leaving RSU 5, eyeing Brunswick High School
BRUNSWICK — The high school might reopen its doors to Durham students if the town of Durham votes to leave Regional School Unit 5 in a Nov. 6 ballot question. Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski said he received e-mails from Durham’s Exploration Education Committee asking if the town would consider a 10-year contract to accept […]