Over the past 50 years, Maine Legislatures and governors have added millions of dollars in tax breaks for businesses without ever doing the detailed analysis to find out which are effective and which are wasteful. But now that may be changing. In recent weeks, a growing list of legislators have called for a review of […]
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Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country’s wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin.
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Meeting focuses on Vision 2025 plan
FREEPORT – After three years of research, the Freeport Economic Development Corp. will roll out its Vision 2025 Economic Development Action Plan in a presentation Thursday, May 16, at the Freeport Town Hall. According to Executive Director Keith McBride, the meeting will feature a presentation by the economic development consultants, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based Camoin Associates, […]
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Durham News – 5/15
New office hours The new town office hours will be Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday. The town office will be open through lunch hour. For more information 353-2561. Upcoming meetings Durham selectmen will meet Tuesday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m., in the town office. The codes enforcement […]
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Freeport news – 5/15
Benefit car wash Sunday A car wash will be held on Sunday, May 19, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Freeport Fire Station, to honor Marcia Burnham Meador (1956-2013). The recommended donation is $5. Proceeds will go to Team Marcia in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Winslow Park opening Winslow Memorial Park and […]
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'The mother of Windham'
WINDHAM – When it comes to the traits honored on Mother’s Day, Sandy Donnelly of Windham – the former owner of Red Sands Restaurant and now a hostess at Rustler’s Steak House – is as close to the ideal as someone can get. Not only is the 80-year-old mother of three incredibly doting on her […]
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We Love To Eat
Community meal – Thursday, May 9, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Suggested donation, $5. Breakfast buffet – Saturday, May 11, 7:30-10 a.m., West Cumberland Methodist Church, corner of Blackstrap and Upper Methodist rods, Cumberland. Pancakes, scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, muffins, fresh fruit, juice, coffee and tea. $6.50, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, […]
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Westbrook notes – 5/9
Successful run for food train This year’s Food Train traveled along Main Street on Sunday from Trinity Lutheran Church with stops at Westbrook First Baptist and Westbrook-Warren Congregational churches in a drive to benefit the city’s needy. “The second annual Climb Aboard the Food Train event was a big success in collecting donations for the […]
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Night work due on Main Street
WESTBROOK – Starting on June 3, Unitil workers will be doing construction on Main Street between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. to install a new, high-powered gas main. Eric Dudley, city engineer, said work will take place four nights a week for five weeks between Bridge and Stroudwater streets. “They are running […]
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EDITORIAL: Lawmakers should strengthen, not weaken, animal welfare laws
When it comes to animal welfare laws, Maine is doing it right. The state has ranked in the top 5 in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s animal protection law rankings since the rankings began. Maine’s laws have only gotten tighter in the last few years, including in 2010, when animal cruelty involving 25 or more […]