SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday declined to penalize a Stone Drive property owner for violating city setback ordinances, approved a substantial furniture purchase for South Portland High School, and postponed consideration of offers to buy the former Roosevelt School. With Councilor Al Livingston absent, councilors voted 6-0 against fining and seeking reimbursements […]
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Bath debates tax subsidy for shipyard expansion
BATH — Audience members who packed the City Council chambers Wednesday debated at length the pros and cons of a tax increment financing agreement proposed for Bath Iron Works. The City Council could decide Nov. 20 whether to grant the tax break to the shipyard. In the meantime, a group called Bath Citizens for Responsible […]
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Falmouth volleyball strikes gold
The Falmouth High School volleyball team raises the Gold Ball after winning the Class A championship for the first time on Nov. 2.
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Clash of business, lifestyle demands sinks Brunswick sustainability store
BRUNSWICK — An eco-friendly retail goods store on Maine Street is closing this month. The owners of Shift Sustainable Home Goods said they’re not going out of business because they weren’t doing well financially. In fact, they said, the business was profitable. But in an ironic twist, Corie Washow and Rob Schulz said the workload of […]
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Veterans Day parade set for Monday in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Veterans Day commemoration begins at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11, with a parade starting at Broadway and Pickett Street. The parade route follows Broadway west to Mill Creek Park for an 11 a.m. ceremony at the Service Memorial in the park.
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Grant protects South Portland police dog
SOUTH PORTLAND — Trigger’s patrols as a police dog will be more secure thanks to a bullet- and stab-protection vest provided as part of a wider $15,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to Massachusetts-based nonprofit Vested Interest in K9s. South Portland Police Lt. Frank Clark announced the grant Monday. Trigger is one of 16 police […]
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Bath OKs road improvement bond, re-elects 3 councilors
BATH — Voters on Tuesday approved a $2.5 million road reconstruction bond, and re-elected three city councilors in uncontested races. Councilor Mari Eosco of Washington Street was elected again in Ward 5 with 220 votes. Councilor Leverett “Tink” Mitchell of Old Brunswick Road was re-elected in Ward 7 with 249 votes, and Steve Brackett of […]
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RSU 1 voters OK $5.2M school improvement bond
BATH — Regional School Unit 1 voters on Tuesday approved a $5.2 million bond, 2,342 to 923, to fund district-wide school improvements. According to preliminary results, the bond passed 1,198 to 344 in Bath, 127-26 in Arrowsic, 367-88 in Phippsburg and 434-237 in Woolwich. It failed in West Bath, 228-216. Meanwhile, with two seats up […]
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Falmouth library redesign gets final tweaks
FALMOUTH — A proposed expansion of Falmouth Memorial Library has diminished in size, but not by much. At a public forum Oct. 30, Portland architect Scott Simons unveiled a fourth conceptual drawing of the library, which incorporated elements of three previous drawings that were discussed at a forum in September. The new concept calls for […]
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Ashby unseats Karp in Freeport's only contest
FREEPORT — Michael Ashby defeated incumbent John Karp, 994-538, for a seat on the Water District Board of Trustees in Tuesday’s only contested local election. Ashby, a clam digger who also serves as a Sewer District Trustee, took 64 percent of the vote. He did not respond to several requests for interviews in the weeks […]