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  • 'No way to avoid services, programs' after Scarborough school budget fails

    SCARBOROUGH — The 10 percent of voters who cast ballots on the $39 million school budget for fiscal year 2014 were clear: it was too high and they didn't want it. Tuesday's 898-643 vote showed 58 percent of voters against the budget...

    David Harry • News •
    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6:10 am

  • Cape Elizabeth voters overwhelmingly approve school budget

    CAPE ELIZABETH — Voters approved the school budget by a wide margin in a referendum Tuesday, despite a push by some parents to reject the budget out of opposition to a 

    Noah Hurowitz • News •
    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 10:50 pm

  • Voters overwhelmingly approve $96.4M Portland schools budget and validation process

    PORTLAND — Voters approved the $96.4 million school budget for fiscal 2014 by a large majority Tuesday. The budget passed 1,395 to 971, or by a margin of about 3-to-2. Voters also decided to continue with the annual public budget vote by a slightly lesser majority, with 56 per...

    Will Graff • News •
    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 10:40 pm

  • Hundreds in Falmouth mourn mother, friend Shirley Leighton

    FALMOUTH — Hundreds of Shirley Leighton's friends and relatives packed the Episcopal Church of Saint Mary the Virgin Monday for her funeral. Leighton's son, meanwhile, who is charged with shooting and killing his mother May 3, continues to hear voices and is still awaiting a state ps...

    Will Graff • News •
    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 4:30 pm

  • Strapped for cash: Harpswell explores installing an ATM

    HARPSWELL — The town does not have an automatic teller machine, but the Harpswell Business Association is hoping that will change. Town staff said they will look into the viability of installing an ATM after HBA requested a machine at Town Hall on Mountain Road. Gail Kass, who...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 3:50 pm

  • Brunswick celebrates history on May 18

    BRUNSWICK — The Village Review Board will host a walking tour of Maine Street on May 18 at 10 a.m. in observation of National Historic Preservation Month and Pejepscot Historical Society's Community Appreciation Day. The "Focus on Maine Street" tour, guided by local historian Di...

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    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 3:40 pm

  • State battles winter moth with parasitic flies in Harpswell, Cape Elizabeth

    HARPSWELL — Over the next few months, two Maine communities will become the battlegrounds in the war against insects. The state last week introduced hundreds of parasitic flies in Harpswell and Cape Elizabeth, in an attempt to decimate the winter moth, an invasive species that poses ...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 3:40 pm

  • Going for the gold in Cumberland

    Jessica Wilson runs "under the rainbow" during the girls' 1,600-meter event during a track meet at Greely High School in Cumberland on May 10. She found the pot of gold at the end, too: Wilson won the race.

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    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 2:40 pm

  • Cumberland cafe to expand hours, add beer, wine

    CUMBERLAND — Doc's Cafe, which opened a year ago at the corner of Main Street and Tuttle Road, plans to expand its hours three days a week and serve light dinners, gelato, beer and wine. The Town Council unanimously approved vinous and malt liquor licenses for the business on Monday,...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 2:20 pm

  • Chebeague Island: 4 candidates vie for 2 selectmen seats

    CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — The town's first contested secret-ballot election has attracted four candidates for two seats on the Board of Selectmen. On the School Board, meanwhile, incumbent Carol White is uncontested for one of two open seats. Jerry Wiles decided not to seek re-election to t...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 12:30 pm
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