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  • School budget cuts will be Scarborough Town Council's call

    SCARBOROUGH — As he prepared for Thursday night's special School Board meeting, Finance Committee Chairman Chris Caiazzo said the ultimate revision of the $39 million fiscal year budget rejected by voters on May 14 will come next week from town councilors. Councilors will hold a spec...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:40 am

  • Cape Elizabeth to hold forums on Greenbelt plan

    CAPE ELIZABETH — The Conservation Commission has scheduled two public forums to discuss updates to the town's Greenbelt plan. Discussion at the first meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at Town Hall, will center around possible recommendations and goals in the n...

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    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:00 am
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  • Taxes could increase almost 5% in Bath; moratorium on strip clubs gets OK

    BATH — With city, school and county costs tallied, the city could see a tax increase of nearly 5 percent next year. The fiscal 2014 municipal budget, unveiled Wednesday, will be voted on by the City Council on June 5. Also Wednesday, the council enacted a temporary moratorium ...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 9:10 am

  • Brunswick High School principal resigns unexpectedly

    BRUNSWICK — High school Principal Art Abelmann resigned on Wednesday, effective immediately, four weeks before the end of the school year. The School Board accepted Abelmann's sudden resignation at a special budget meeting Wednesday night, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Gre...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:30 am

  • South Portland psychologist pleads guilty to federal fraud

    SOUTH PORTLAND — A local psychologist pleaded guilty to federal health-care fraud charges Tuesday before Judge George Singal in U.S. District Court in Portland. Dr. Carole Orem-Hough, 55, a licensed psychologist who operated Casco Bay Psychotherapy, admitted to fraudulently billing a...

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    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:10 am

  • Cummings Road construction in South Portland to last into June

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Getting there from here is more challenging on the western edge of the city because of reconstruction of Cummings Road from just above Running Hill Road to the Westbrook city limit. Ted Talbot, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Transportation, said drivers shou...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:10 am

  • Scarborough workshop looks at past, future of Dunstan Corner

    SCARBOROUGH — Bangor-based planner Evan Richert sees plenty of promise in Dunstan Corner. “This may be a once-in-a-generation type of opportunity,” Richert said Tuesday night as the results of a Pilot Communities study by Sustain Southern Maine were discussed at a Town Ha...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:00 am

  • Brunswick council paves way for sale of municipal buildings

    BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday authorized negotiations for the sale of the downtown Recreation Center, which could ultimately lead to a new business moving into town. After more than an hour of public comment, councilors voted 7-2 to authorize Town Manager Gary Brown to reach...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 3:40 pm

  • Toys for boys of all ages

    Matt Palmer of Gorham carries his 2-year-old son, Jacob, out of the cab of a front-end loader on Saturday, May 18, at the Gateway Shoppes in Scarborough, where several area public works departments marked National Public Works Week by displaying their equipment, answering questions and providing ...

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    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 3:00 pm

  • Judiciary Committee rejects Scarborough rep's fetal rights bill

    SCARBOROUGH — Republican state Rep. Amy Volk's effort to grant legal status to fetuses at least 12 weeks old did not make it out of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee last week. LD 1193, which wo...

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    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 2:40 pm
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