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Update: Topsham selectmen choose Snowden Consulting for Bay Park study

TOPSHAM —The Board of Selectmen on Thursday unanimously chose Snowden Consulting Engineers of Oakland to conduct an engineering study at Bay Park, Public Works Director Rob Pontau said. Although the town budgeted $60,000 for that study, the five bids it received for the work all came...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 10:20 am
Falmouth seeks stimulus money for improvements to fire station

FALMOUTH — The town has applied for federal stimulus money to help fund a $1 million renovation and addition to Fire Station 4 on Winn Road. The request is for just under $500,000 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Falmouth would match the funding with $500,000 fr...

Peggy Roberts • News •
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 8:50 am
Freeport council supports creation of Chamber; membership drive begins

FREEPORT — After more than a year of discussion, the Freeport Merchants Association, Freeport Economic Development Corp. and a task force have worked out a compromise to move forward with creating a Chamber of Commerce in Freeport. Sande Updegraph, director of FEDC, told the Town Council at...

Amy Anderson • News •
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 8:40 am
Neighbors bark 'foul' over dog day-care business planned for North Yarmouth

NORTH YARMOUTH — Neighbors are appealing the Planning Board's decision last month to approve a dog day-care business at a home on North Road. The appeal will be heard by the Zoning Board of Appeals Wednesday, July 22. Herb and Ellen Hopkins, whose property abuts the approved busin...

Sarah Trent • News •
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 8:10 am
Panel gives Portland police permission to try using Tasers

PORTLAND — City police officers will begin carrying Tasers as part of a three-month trial of the device. The City Council Public Safety Committee reviewed and approved the measure Tuesday evening, and Police Chief James Craig said officers have already started training to use the ...

Kate Bucklin • News •
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 7:40 am
Fresh Air Fund brings city kids to Maine families for summer fun

The Scott family and their friends have enjoyed introducing Fresh Air Fund guest Evelyn Merino, of Queens, N.Y., to activities on the water. From left, Clara Brown, Jillian Rothweiler, Leika Scott, Merino, Chantal Scott, Gibson Scott and Jaclyn Scott. Missing from picture, Chantal Scott's husband Gr...

Peggy Roberts • News •
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 7:10 am
Livin' Large

Special Olympian Susie Cloutier shows Portland Sea Dogs pitcher T.J. Large (now a member of the Pawtucket Red Sox) how to play behind the plate during a Special Olympics softball program at Loring Field in Payson Park on July 11. Large and several of his teammates brought a big-league atmosphere to ...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Pollution warning

Myles Crawford paints an environmental reminder along side a storm drains in the Capisic Brook area of Portland last week. The message "No Dumping - Drains to Bay" is an educational effort by the Casco Bay Youth Conservation Corps, the Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District and the Fri...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
RSU 5 hopes to increase budget awareness as 2nd town meeting approaches

FREEPORT — In an effort to pass a budget before the start of the school year and keep residents engaged in the budget approval process, Regional School Unit 5 directors reduced their proposed operating budget by an additional $86,000 and have launched a get-out-the-vote campaign. The board ...

Amy Anderson • News •
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
New book brings Falmouth history to life

FALMOUTH — Anyone who has ever wondered how many different bridges have spanned the Presumpscot River at Allen Avenue, or where early 1800s stagecoach travelers could stop for food and drink along Blackstrap Road can now find the information easily and in one place in "Falmouth," a ...

Peggy Roberts • News •
Wednesday, July 15, 2009