FREEPORT — The Town Council, Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors and Sewer District Board of Trustees each have two seats up for election on Nov. 5. Barring successful write-in campaigns, all six seats will go to incumbents who are running unopposed. The biggest issues facing the Town Council and the School Board trustees […]
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Abortion protest ban: Portland councilor confident of passage, legality
PORTLAND — A proposed “buffer zone” banning protesters near a Planned Parenthood clinic that performs abortions is a step closer to being approved, after a City Council committee last week recommended it to the full council. The Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee voted 4-0 on Oct. 8 to refer the proposed ordinance for […]
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Royal River study fails to resolve Yarmouth dredging dilemma
YARMOUTH — Consultants will present the findings of their latest study of restoration of the Royal River at a public forum on Oct. 22, but questions remain about the potential impacts of removing the East Elm Street dam. The engineering firm, Stantec, recently delivered to the Town Council a 147-page report titled “Royal River Restoration […]
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Left turns from Val Halla Road now OK in Cumberland
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday voted to allow left-hand turns from Val Halla Road onto two other streets, and to institute traffic-calming measures on three roads. Motorists heading toward Greely Road have been barred from making left turns from Val Halla Road to Country Charm Road and Hedgerow Drive. Country Charm and Hedgerow […]
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Fun time at Falmouth Fire Department
Aiden Pennington, 4, and Natalie Skillin, 5, check out the Shaw Bros. Construction Co. giant fire engine on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Falmouth Fire Department’s annual open house. Andy Brunni of the Falmouth Fire Department shows 5-year-old Natalie Skillin how to use a portable pump at Saturday’s open house.
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Portland 'concrete canyon' is new campaign's first target
PORTLAND — A group of residents has launched a campaign opposing the wave of large-scale commercial development projects across the city. The group, Keep Portland Livable, is taking aim first at the proposed Midtown project in the Bayside neighborhood. The Midtown project includes four 15-story towers with 675 market-rate apartments on 3.25 acres of former […]
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Preble Street election forum draws 4 Portland City Council candidates
PORTLAND — You don’t need a home to vote. That was the message at a candidates forum held Oct. 11 by Homeless Voices for Justice, the advocacy campaign affiliated with Preble Street Resource Center. Four of the seven candidates for City Council participated to answer questions from about two dozen people, including individuals who described […]
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Proponents of legalized pot see Portland vote as launch pad
PORTLAND — Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether the city will join a growing number of states and municipalities that have legalized marijuana. A citizen-initiated referendum will determine if the city allows adults over age 21 to use pot for recreation and to possess up to 2.5 ounces of the drug. That’s about enough to […]
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Rest in peace: Portland ceremony marks completion of cemetery restoration
PORTLAND — A three-year project that earned two local Girl Scouts high honors came to a close Monday, with the unveiling of one last tombstone at Grand Trunk Cemetery. The girls, however, are now women. Samantha Allshouse, now 21, stood at a podium Monday to thank a small group of attendees at Grand Trunk Cemetery […]
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Habitat for Humanity ReStore gets reboot in Portland
PORTLAND — Just beyond the entrance to the new Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland ReStore lies a hulking seven-foot service counter that was cobbled together from discarded antique doors, ornate trim and scraps of mahogany. “We wanted this to be exemplary of what we do here,” employee and carpenter Andrew Smith said. Smith and […]