SCARBOROUGH — It would be hard to imagine a better morning for a bike ride. As sunshine splashed over Memory Lane, Coleman and Annie Nee took turns riding a tricycle July 20 on the quiet dead end street, cheered on by family and friends. “It was cool. They enjoyed it, no doubt,” Dickie Nee said […]
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Area police departments pool talent to combat OUI
FALMOUTH — Officials from a dozen Maine law enforcement agencies gathered at the Falmouth Police Department Wednesday afternoon to publicize a joint program to stop impaired driving. Funded by the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, the program is called Regional Impaired Driving Enforcement, or RIDE. Police Lt. John Kilbride said the program brings together officers […]
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Maine Trash Runners: It's not where you finish, it's how you finish
BRUNSWICK — The Maine Trash Runners run for the environment – and for trash. Jeremy Litchfield, owner and chief pacesetter of eco-friendly performance clothing company Atayne, came up with the idea for the Maine Trash Runners five years ago when he was preparing to launch his Brunswick company. “We were in the process of launching the […]
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Dill responds to questions about job-creation claims
HALLOWELL — State Sen. Cynthia Dill, Maine’s Democratic candidate for Olympia Snowe’s soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat, said on her campaign website last month that she “has a record of … creating quality jobs” during her six years in the state Legislature. But an analysis of Dill’s legislative history by the Maine Center for Public […]
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Tri for a Cure hits the streets, sea in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — About 1,000 women will be swimming, biking and running at 9 a.m. Sunday in the fifth annual Tri for a Cure, held around Southern Maine Community College and on area roads. The annual fundraiser for the Maine Cancer Foundation features a 1/3-mile swim in Casco Bay near Spring Point Ledge Light, a […]
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Zoning must be changed before Brunswick police HQ can be reused
BRUNSWICK — Councilors discussed the fate of the current police station Monday night. The Brunswick Development Corp., a quasi-municipal economic development group, purchased the land for a new police station at the corner of Pleasant and Stanwood streets in 2011 with the understanding that it would exchange the property for the current police station building, which […]
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Discussion to begin on Maine Street improvements in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — A public forum Monday night, July 30, will be the first of many on improving Maine Street for pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers. The forum, which begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Superintendent’s Meeting Room at Hawthorne School, will help the Master Plan Implementation Committee gauge public reaction to proposed changes to Maine Street. […]
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Harpswell Festival promises 'food, fun, fireworks'
HARPSWELL — Family-oriented, small-town fun and sunny skies are in the forecast for the ninth annual Harpswell Festival this weekend. The fun kicks off at Mitchell field at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 29,to accommodate the arrival of lobster boat race spectators. “(The lobster boat races are) a true Maine spectacle as far as I’m concerned,” festival […]
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Bath skatepark back in business in new home
BATH — Once faced with an uncertain future, the revamped Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark enjoyed its reopening this week at a new site, the former National Guard Armory on Old Brunswick Road. The furnished hangout area, the cafe, and of course the skating space – where skateboarders and freestyle bicyclists alike defy gravity as […]
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New boat due for Harpswell marine warden
HARPSWELL — A new boat for the marine warden will enter the waters off Harpswell for the first time early next month. The boat will be used by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office’s marine warden, who regulates marine resources in town. According to Harbormaster Jim Hays, the boat will also be used by the town’s Fire […]