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  • Cumberland County Civic Center offices at new address

    PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Civic Center box office and administrative offices have moved down the block to 48 Free St., at Center Street. According to a press release, the offices will remain at the new address during the remainder of the Civic Center's renovation, which is now...

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    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:50 pm

  • Portland schools get $100K grant

    PORTLAND — Three public elementary schools will offer a summer learning program to a total of 135 students, thanks to a grant of nearly $100,000 from the John T. Gorman Foundation. The Hall, Lyseth and Reiche schools will offer the program free of charge to students with academic nee...

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    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:50 pm
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  • WWII Purple Heart recipient gets Heritage Days honor

    BATH — One of the floats passing through downtown Bath during the Heritage Days Parade on July 4, paid tribute to two military men a generation apart: John Cakouros, a veteran of World War II and Purple Heart recipient, and his grandnephew, Sgt. Michael Kinney, a computer specialist who serve... 2

    Alex Lear • News •
    Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 11:10 am

  • Longtime Islesboro manager chosen as North Yarmouth administrator

    NORTH YARMOUTH — The Board of Selectmen Tuesday unanimously appointed Damaris Marnie Diffin as the town's administrative assistant. They also began talk of updating Wescustogo Hall policies after an event left significant damage to the building. Diffin, who has been town mana... 1

    Sarah Trent • News •
    Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 9:30 am

  • Frederiksen named Falmouth's Citizen of the Year

    FALMOUTH — Arthur Frederiksen, 82, was named Falmouth's 2009 Citizen of the Year at the town's annual municipal dinner. The Falmouth High School graduate and World War II U.S. Army veteran said Tuesday he was "amazed" at the honor. "I'm kind of embarrassed a li...

    Peggy Roberts • News •
    Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 8:00 am

  • Freeport Historical Society invites residents to help keep the past present

    FREEPORT — The Historical Society has started looking for ideas, artifacts and stories to help develop their next year-long exhibit, "Freeport's Amusements, Entertainments and Oddities." Executive Director Christina White said Freeport residents are invited to share their memories...

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  • Yarmouth councilors to discuss funding for Madeline Point project

    YARMOUTH — The Town Council has agreed to make some decisions regarding the appropriation of funds to begin public access improvements at Madeline Point this year. The project was developed by the Harbor and Waterfront Committee, has been vetted by the Planning Board, discussed d...

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  • After 44 years, Yarmouth Clam Festival goes green

    YARMOUTH — Instead of creating buckets of thick yellow waste, the vegetable oil used to fry hundreds of clams to a crispy golden brown at this year's Clam Festival will be recycled and converted into an alternative fuel for diesel engines. This is one of the ways organizers of the 44th annua... 1

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  • Ready for fireworks

    Hannah Duston, 7, had the most homemade, do-it-yourself and reasonably priced vendor set-up of the day on the Fourth of July, selling lemonade and cookies on the Eastern Promenade in advance of Portland's annual fireworks display. (Natalie Conn photo)

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    Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  • Singapore beckons for Cumberland family on a mission

    CUMBERLAND — At the end of the month, Doug and Joyce Erdmann will pack up the last of their belongings, say goodbye to their friends, neighbors and church, and trade their large, rural Cumberland home for a high-rise apartment in one of the most densely populated cities in the world.

    Sarah Trent • News •
    Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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