SCARBOROUGH — Efforts to preserve Pine Point as a mixed-use community gained Town Council approval Wednesday night with the passage of new zoning requirements and designations. The council approved updating B-1 zoning ordinances for an area extending along Jones Creek Drive and King Street to the municipal pier. The decision creates a new zoning designation […]
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Scarborough School Board chairman not running again
SCARBOROUGH — Nomination papers filed Wednesday at the town clerk’s office show five incumbents will seek new, three-year terms on the Town Council, School Board and as trustees at the Scarborough Sanitary District. Absent from the group of incumbents is School Board Chairman Bob Mitchell, who will not seek a second, three-year term. “I have […]
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South Portland councilors to give up free health insurance
SOUTH PORTLAND — After discussion and debate extending over at least two years and the threat of legal action by some residents, city councilors Wednesday found a way to end their taxpayer-funded health insurance benefit. By a 5-2 vote, with Councilors Tom Coward and Rosemarie De Angelis opposed, councilors approved an order to terminate all […]
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High-tech buses, gadgets change the ride to school
CAPE ELIZABETH — Richard Munson can trace the rise of technology through his school bus. More specifically, the loud buses he drove for most of the last 27 years for the Cape Elizabeth School Department have become quiet in recent years — at least with the older students. “A lot of the time I’d have […]
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Snub fuels Brunswick vote to end tax shelters for base redevelopment agency
BRUNSWICK — Negotiations for tax-shelter agreements between the town and the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority – governed by the state’s Tax Increment Financing laws – were terminated Tuesday night by an 8-1 vote of the Town Council. Town Manager Gary Brown told the Bangor Daily News Wednesday morning that the town’s financial situation – most notably, a reduction […]
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Open Lighthouse Day returns Sept. 15
SOUTH PORTLAND — Three lighthouses will be open for free visits from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the fourth annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day on Saturday, Sept. 15. Visitors will be able to tour light towers and some surrounding buildings at Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, and Spring Point Ledge Light and Bug […]
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Brunswick to begin talks on police station land swap
BRUNSWICK — The town will begin negotiations to acquire the land proposed for a future police station after the Town Council voted 6-3 for the action on Tuesday night. Councilors John Perreault, Bennet Pols and Sarah Brayman were opposed. The negotiations with the Brunswick Development Corp. will swap 28 Federal St., where the town office […]
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Harpswell may accept ownership of Lower Road
HARPSWELL — Whether the town is responsible for a dead-end road on Orrs Island may soon be decided, after town officials and others met on Lower Road Tuesday night to determine where past snow plowers have traditionally turned around. Town Administrator Kristi Eiane said the next step is for the Board of Selectmen to authorize the […]
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Bath council postpones decision on park pond funds
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday postponed a decision on whether to partially fund Library Park pond improvements until next June, the end of the current fiscal year. Councilors Mari Eosco and Ruthe Pagurko sponsored an order that called for $10,000 to be appropriated from the council’s contingency account to contribute to fundraising for […]
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Resiliency a theme at Scarborough library
SCARBOROUGH — Local officials and the former chaplain for the Maine Warden Service will lead a three-part series on crisis management beginning at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Scarborough Public Library. The Resiliency Series begins with a community forum hosted by Police Chief Robert Moulton, Fire Chief Michael Thurlow and Dr. Ron Breazeale, creator […]