FREEPORT — Following a recent Town Council appropriation, the town’s shellfish community has started what is being called a “historic” effort to address the rapid disappearance of soft-shell clams. The effort is the first comprehensive, large-scale research project in Maine to study the most significant factors believed to be contributing to the decline of shellfish […]
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Falmouth gets grant to extend trail network
FALMOUTH — The town’s conserved land will be enhanced this summer thanks to a grant to extend the trail network and develop new areas for more access. The grant also comes as two planned town hikes are scheduled to coincide with National Trails Day on Saturday, June 1. The $22,700 grant from the Maine Department […]
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Portland Police Department seeks online feedback
PORTLAND — The Police Department is surveying residents to get feedback about its job performance. The department is asking the public to complete a 40-question online survey, developed with help from the University of New England, according to a PPD press release. Questions focus on the public’s perception of crime and safety in the city, […]
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Yarmouth council sends $32.7M budget to voters
YARMOUTH — The Town Council has approved a $32.7 million combined town and school budget. The fiscal 2014 spending plan now goes to Town Meeting on June 18. The school budget faces a June 25 validation referendum. The Town Council’s 6-1 vote on May 16 added back into the budget an approximately $8,400 crossing-guard position […]
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Unsung Hero: Nathan Smith, community advocate
PORTLAND — The city’s emergence over the last 25 years as one of the nation’s most vibrant and livable cities is no accident. Visionary leaders saw what needed to be done, and they did it. Nathan Smith, a commercial real estate attorney at Bernstein Shur, has been such a leader. To be sure, Smith is […]
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Portland jetport prepares for the worst
Emergency responders from Portland, South Portland and Gorham attend to “victims” – each with unique injuries and physical conditions – in the triage area of a disaster drill on Saturday at Portland International Jetport. The exercise also included emergency crews from Cumberland, Falmouth and Westbrook. Hospitals participated, too; each “victim” was transported to a local emergency […]
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South Portland woman charged with victimizing elderly
SOUTH PORTLAND — A city woman was in Cumberland County Jail in Portland after her arrest Wednesday on charges she stole cash and jewelry from elderly victims. Margaret Wilkes, 53, was being held on $500 bail. She is charged with three counts of Class B burglary and three counts of Class E theft, said South […]
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Healey, Martin get Scarborough posts
SCARBOROUGH — Two appointments were made this month to fill town and agency positions previously held by long-tenured officials. Karen Martin, the acting executive director of the Scarborough Economic Development Corp., was appointed to the position permanently last week. On Wednesday, Town Councilors unanimously approved the appointment of Bill Healey as the new town assessor. […]
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Scarborough, South Portland 'pilot communities' eyed for sustainable growth
SCARBOROUGH — Dunstan Corner and Mill Creek in South Portland are about 10 miles apart, but clearly in the view of Sustain Southern Maine, a regional planning effort seeking to strengthen neighborhoods and communities in Cumberland and York counties. Last week, South Portland Planning Director Tex Haueser and officials from the Greater Portland Council of […]
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Town Council votes against mini-golf in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council narrowly defeated sending the Planning Board a proposal to allow miniature golf as a permitted use in the town’s Business A zoning district. The 4-3 decision on Monday put the brakes on a plan by resident Carl Dittrich to build a nine-hole miniature golf course on land next to the Cape […]