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The suggestion comes as the Town Council hears an update on an $842,000 plan to address traffic and safety concerns at the Route 77 intersections with Scott Dyer and Shore roads.
The owners say they have no current plans to also build a homeless shelter at the site, but some Thornton Heights residents oppose any type of development because they say the Howard Johnson has been a bad neighbor and their neighborhood has suffered.
In wake of voters' defeat of the Drowne Road project, it's going to be tough to make a "meaningful dent in the affordable housing crisis," the town council chair says.
North Yarmouth will be drafting its Climate Action Plan over the next year. Cumberland adopted its own plan in 2021, with Yarmouth doing so in 2022, followed by Falmouth in 2023.
MaineHealth's Cardiac Fellows program and NorthStar division have come together to bring cardiac care to patients who can't travel or get access to outpatient services.
Town councilors and residents question whether Scarborough interchanges would create traffic problems there and cite concerns about wetlands protection.
The Foundation for Portland Public Schools' initiative, named in honor of longtime Portland High School girls' basketball coach Ed Feeney, will provide athletic gear to students who need it to participate.
Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough plan to remove the portion of Sawyer Road/Sawyer Street that routinely floods during storms and is damaging marsh habitat.
FPL Energy Cape in Knightville, which has two 12,000-gallon tanks, wants to increase its capacity by 40,000 gallons to provide power during grid blackouts, but a South Portland ordinance does not allow the addition.
Some residents are concerned they're seeing more deer than usual, and a listening session next week will help a state wildlife biologist determine if there is a problem and its extent.
The public is encouraged to vote in the online contest, which gives club members the opportunity to explore and set career goals for their own futures.
Six classrooms could be added to the 2-story, 70,000-square-foot building if student population projections bear out, designers tell the SAD 51 board this week.
The reaction to North Yarmouth resident Lisa Wentzell's book "A Dog and His Boy" about her developmentally disabled son has been "pretty amazing" and has kept the family busy in the year since its release.
The annual food drive, usually a contest between individual neighborhoods but with just two teams this year, helps boost the food pantry's supply during a time known for a drop-off in donations.
The new "A Full Net: Fishing Stories from Maine and Beyond" details Sue Daignault's love of the sport and her gratitude for "all the great things that have come my way."