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  • RSU 1 budget headed to 1st of 2 public votes

    BATH — Next year's Regional School Unit 1 budget goes to the first of two district-wide votes Tuesday, May 28. The $27.7 million spending plan, unanimously approved by the RSU 1 Board of Directors on May 6, will increase 6.66 percent over the current year if approved both times. ...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:20 pm

  • Taking aim at cancer in Brunswick

    Participants in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Brunswick High School parade around the school track on Friday, May 17, showing their determination to wipe out cancer. The overnight fundraiser was filled with honors for cancer victims and caregivers, and helped mark the society's 10...

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    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm
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  • Bath, West Bath receive $1.7M for Wing Farm

    BATH — The communities of Bath and West Bath will receive a $1.7 million federal grant from the Economic Development Administration to help fund expansion of the Wing Farm Business Park, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced Wednesday. Of this money, $300,000 will go towar...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 1:30 pm

  • Pownal voters show displeasure with RSU

    POWNAL — About 30 percent of Pownal residents voted Tuesday to repeal a previous decision to join Regional School Unit 5 with Freeport and Durham. In a citizen initiative that has no legal binding, 342 residents voted to repeal the Nov. 4, 2008, vote to create the RSU, and 64 resi...

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 9:50 am

  • South Portland approves school budget and bonds, but charter amendment fails

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Voters on Tuesday approved the school budget and two borrowing packages totalling $8.8 million.  But a proposal to change the City Charter to allow the city to participate in the Maine Municipal Bond Bank's Revolving Loan Program was unsuccessful because voter tu...

    Randy Billings • News •
    Wednesday, June 10, 2009

  • Easy does it

    Dominic Reali of Amatos, left, leads a team of volunteers in carefully depositing a 60-foot-plus lobster roll on a table on Commercial Street during Sunday's effort to earn a Guinness Book world record. The record-breaking sandwich was eventually cut into pieces and sold to people at the Old Port Fe...

    Mo Mehlsak • News •
    Wednesday, June 10, 2009

  • 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
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