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  • Taste of Brunswick postponed to fall

    BRUNSWICK — The fifth annual Taste of Brunswick event has been postponed to fall. The event was originally scheduled for June 22. Organizer Brunswick Downtown Association said a lower-than-usual number of participating restaurants prompted the decision to postpone.  Patti...

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    Friday, June 21, 2013

  • Cape schools seek advice for cutting health costs

    CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Department has hired two consultants to see if health-insurance costs can be reduced. Consultants Alliant Employee Benefits and Cross Insurance Agency will be paid up to $15,000 in unused funds from this year's budget to conduct the review, according to a ...

    Benjamin McCanna • News •
    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 3:10 pm
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  • Nuisance property vote postponed in South Portland

    SOUTH PORTLAND — While saying they were unhappy about eight years of construction work on Craig Patterson's Wythburn Road home, City Councilors on Monday decided to wait until at least July 1 before deciding if it is a public nuisance. The postponement of the order allows Patterson, ...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 11:20 am

  • Torch is passed for Special Olympics

    Kathy MacVane, widow of former South Portland Police Officer Peter MacVane, leads South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth police officers up Main Street in South Portland Wednesday as part of the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit Maine Special Olympics. Peter MacVane, a 3...

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    Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 9:20 am

  • Brunswick unleashed: Dog park opens this weekend

    BRUNSWICK — The grass is mowed, the fences are up, and the dogs are waiting. Saturday, June 8, will mark the opening of the town's dog park, the result of a four-year, citizen-led initiative by the Brunswick Area Recreation for Kanines group to provide an unleashed haven for mut...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 9:10 am

  • Reopening Brunswick boat launch could spur debate

    BRUNSWICK — A new study released last month could instigate the reopening of Simpsons Point Boat Launch on Middle Bay, but plans to do so could face opposition from people who use the area for recreation. On Wednesday the town Marine Resources Committee discussed the possibility...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 8:50 am

  • Bath council criticized for building sale, approves $14.6M budget

    BATH — Residents at Wednesday's City Council meeting spoke out against the way a city-owned building was sold this spring, questioning the openness of the process and the amount of the sale. The council also unanimously approved a $14.6 million municipal budget for fiscal 2014, which...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 8:30 am

  • Harpswell to vote on creating bandstand fund account

    HARPSWELL — If citizens say yes in the June 11 municipal referendum, the town will have a new source of revenue for local entertainment – free of taxpayer dollars. Next week's municipal ballot asks voters if a special revenue account should be created for the Harpswell Ban...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013

  • Brunswick council forms recreation fund to memorialize local teen

    BRUNSWICK — A new fund has been created to help children in financial need participate in the Parks and Recreation Department's summer vacation camp program. And the fund is being named after a former participant in the program who passed away nearly two-and-a-half years ago. 

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013

  • Affordable senior housing project proposed for Topsham

    TOPSHAM — River Landing, a proposed affordable senior housing development, could soon join the ranks of elderly housing complexes already in town. Seacoast Management Co., which is affiliated with the Highlands and Highland Green senior housing operations, presented its sketch plan t...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013
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