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'People have lost confidence in their government'

Residents amp up pressure on City Council to review layoffs SOUTH PORTLAND — About 40 protesters braved wind and driving rain Monday night to show their support for five city workers who were laid off last month and to demand answers from city officials. P...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Parents urge support for school budget

SOUTH PORTLAND — Nearly a dozen parents voiced their support for the School Department's proposed budget at a public hearing Wednesday night. Meanwhile, after a protest Monday night about the layoffs of five veteran city employees, there was no mention in the hearing of the actio...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Maine Health reveals design details for former Orion Center in Scarborough

SCARBOROUGH — Architects and engineers for the new MaineHealth facility will continue to tweak the redesign of the former Orion Center on Route 1. The project was before the Scarborough Planning Board Monday night for site plan review. But the presentation was "treated as a...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009
High court rules for 'Secret Beach' homeowner

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court this week affirmed a lower court decision enforcing a negotiated settlement of a 4-year-old beach access dispute that has polarized a Broad Cove neighborhood. According to one attorney involved in the case, the ruling in favor of R...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Bath council to vote on new finance director

BATH — Contingent on approval from the City Council, Juli Millett of Topsham will be Bath's next finance director, City Manager Bill Giroux said this week. The council is scheduled to vote on Giroux's recommendation on Wednesday, April 15. Giroux said six of 24 applic...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Falmouth borrows to keep school projects on schedule

FALMOUTH —The School Department will use short-term borrowing to jump-start construction of athletic fields and a wood chip boiler, Director of Finance and Operations Dan O'Shea said. An elementary school project approved by voters last fall, which includes $1.25 million for the f...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 7:29 am
Cumberland lawmaker proposes sales tax holiday

CUMBERLAND — State Rep. Meredith Strang Burgess, R-Cumberland, is hoping to make Maine one of the more than two dozen states with a sales tax holiday, and she has her sites on Columbus Day weekend. Burgess said the tax exemption will encourage people to buy locally, instead of tra...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Freeport police claim shortcomings threaten public safety

FREEPORT — A nine-page letter signed by members of the Police Department was sent to the police chief, the town manager and the Town Council last week listing concerns about public safety, departmental staffing, budgetary limitations and dispatch consolidation. The open letter out...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
MMA hired for N. Yarmouth's top job search

NORTH YARMOUTH — The Board of Selectmen took initial steps Tuesday toward hiring a new administrative assistant, retaining the Maine Municipal Association to open a search for candidates. Selectmen also set a meeting for Monday, April 13, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., to assess and discu...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Steel drums soothe busy students with mellow music

FALMOUTH — With the popularity of steel drum bands on the rise, Falmouth High School band director Jim Horwich said he used to hear, "how do we get one started at the high school?" This year the question was answered with a $10,000 grant from the Falmouth Education Found...

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009