CAPE ELIZABETH — Dottie Gray is the most seasoned runner at the TD Beach to Beacon 10K you’ve never heard of. She runs more than 50 races a year, is a former world record holder for the 800-meter race and a national record holder for the 1,500-meters. Gray also ran the fastest Beach to Beacon […]
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Pejepscot Historical Society offers two new walking tours
BRUNSWICK — Two walking tours will give residents a new perspective on some of the town’s most well known sites this Sunday. The Pejepscot Historical Society has been hosting informal walking tours around town and through their museums since the early 1960s, but a year ago they began holding them almost every weekend. Both the Women’s […]
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A beautiful morning to sail
“Morning Star,” skippered by Jim Palmer, sails toward a first place finish in the Manana Island Class at last weekend’s 78th Monhegan Race. Other division winners included “Revolution II,” skippered by Doyle Marchant (Division I), “Intangible,” skippered by Wolfgang Bauchinger (Division II), “Buzz,” skippered by Richard Stevenson (Double Handed), “Tittravate,” skippered by Steve Ribble (Seguin […]
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Art festival finds old home amid new park improvements
SOUTH PORTLAND — Great art requires time, but Art in the Park organizers and construction crews raced the clock to prepare Mill Creek Park for the 9 a.m. Aug. 11 festival. “It’s a pretty fancy trick to make over a park and have an art show,” said Linda Eastman, who is chairman and fundraiser for […]
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Martin's Point replacement bridge design discussed
PORTLAND — Several dozen area residents gathered at a public meeting in Portland City Hall on Aug. 7 to discuss design details for replacing Martin’s Point Bridge, which crosses the Presumpscot River to connect Veranda Street in East Deering with U.S. Route 1 in Falmouth. The replacement bridge’s railings, landscaping and pedestrian pathways were topics […]
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Freeport council debates 'quiet zones' in anticipation of Downeaster
FREEPORT — Residents filled the town council chambers Tuesday night to show their support for the adoption of “quiet zones” at town railroad crossing in anticipation of the increased train traffic beginning with the Downeaster later this fall. The town is proposing to install eight of these zones, which would eliminate routine use of whistles […]
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Falmouth delegate responds to convention challenge
FALMOUTH — As the seating of 40 Maine delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention is contested by fellow state Republicans, one of the contested delegates, Falmouth resident John Logan Jones, said the challenge is “a purely political move, without precedent.” On July 28, prominent Maine Republicans Peter Cianchette and Jan Martens Staples filed […]
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Freeport teacher hopes to bring Turkish culture to classroom
FREEPORT — A two-week-long, guided 2000-mile road tour of Turkey is not a typical summer trip for the average high school teacher. And for Freeport High School social studies teacher, Karen Massey, it was anything but average. “It’s amazing to go to the place where you’ve been teaching about for years,” she said at her […]
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Expanding transportation alternatives for seniors and visually impaired
PORTLAND — ITNPortland, a local nonprofit, has received a $35,000 grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation to raise awareness of its transportation service by partnering with local houses of worship. ITNPortland provides alternative transportation to seniors and the visually impaired 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for any purpose within 15 miles of Portland. […]
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Council approves waterfront tax breaks
PORTLAND — The City Council narrowly voted Monday night to authorize $1.3 million in tax breaks for mixed-use development projects on the city’s eastern waterfront. In a 6-2 vote, the council approved tax increment financing assistance for Fore India Middle LLC, which is beginning the second phase of redevelopment of the former Jordan’s Meats plant. […]