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  • Trailblazers

    Portland Mayor Jill Duson, left, and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins help dedicate the Bayside Trail on June 6 at Marginal Way and Franklin Arterial. The trail will eventually link the East End and Deering Oaks. Duson and Collins were joined by Wolfe Tone of the Trust For Public Land, City Councilor Kevin D...

    Mo Mehlsak • News •
    Wednesday, June 10, 2009

  • Portland's Class of 2009

    Deering High School seniors stand by row to make the walk to the podium at the Cumberland County Civic Center, where they received their diplomas on June 3. (Michael Barriault photo)

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    Wednesday, June 10, 2009

  • Falmouth police, firefighters reach out to residents with special needs

    FALMOUTH — Anyone would be frightened during a house fire, but for children with autism or people with other disabilities, the situation can produce added terror when they are confronted by a strange police officer or firefighter. After attending an autism conference last winter, ...

    Peggy Roberts • News •
    Wednesday, June 10, 2009

  • Small voter turnout elects Portland Charter Commission members

    PORTLAND — A small percentage of voters turned out Tuesday to elect members of a commission that will make recommendations that could significantly change the face of city government. Just 3,519 of the city's 49,086 voters – or 7.17 percent – cast ballots to elect nine represe...

    Kate Bucklin • News •
    Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 11:20 pm

  • Napolitano re-elected to North Yarmouth Board of Selectmen

    NORTH YARMOUTH — With just over 60 percent of the votes, incumbent Paul Napolitano was re-elected Tuesday to the Board of Selectmen. His opponent, Timothy Porter, received 127 votes, or just under 40 percent of the ballots cast. Napolitano said Wednesday morning that ...

    Sarah Trent • News •
    Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:40 pm

  • Yarmouth elects familiar faces to council; $19.5M school budget approved

    YARMOUTH — Nearly 10 percent of registered voters cast their ballots Tuesday to elect incumbent Erving Bickford and former Chairman Carl Winslow to the Town Council. Voters also elected three School Committee members, a Water District Trustee, and ratified the $19.5 million schoo...

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:40 pm

  • Cumberland credit union OK'd by 4-1 margin; Campbell elected to SAD 51 board

    CUMBERLAND — Voters overwhelmingly approved a Town Council decision to grant a contract zone for a credit union on Main Street, and elected Karen Campbell to the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors in the only contested race in Tuesday's election. Total turnout Tu...

    Sarah Trent • News •
    Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:30 pm

  • RSU 1's second budget gets green light from voters

    BATH — Voters from Regional School Unit 1's five communities approved a $25 million fiscal 2010 budget by 424-141 at referendum on Tuesday. The votes per community went as follows: Bath, 124-22; Arrowsic, 38-4; Phippsburg, 122-50; West Bath, 66-44; and Woolwich, 74-21. "I...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:30 pm
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