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Application offers detail on proposed Harpswell charter school

HARPSWELL — How do we convince children to stay in Maine after they graduate? And how do we convince them to participate in activities that further Maine values? These are two of the core questions Joe Grady said the Harpswell Coastal Academy, a proposed charter school currently...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Topsham elementary school nominated for national award

TOPSHAM — Williams-Cone Elementary School is one of three Maine schools nominated as a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School. The Maine Department of Education announced the nominees – which also include Longfellow Elementary School in Portland and Yarmouth Elementary School &n...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:30 pm

Public invited to discuss Harpswell zoning changes

HARPSWELL — After having a "fruitful" meeting with property owners who would be affected by proposed zoning changes, the Shoreland Zoning Task Force will hold its first public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the town's Planning Board meeting. Town Planner Carol Eyerman on...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Brunswick-area college scholarship fund receives $2M gift

BRUNSWICK — It apparently only took one meeting to convince George Senter, a former educator who attended local schools as a child, to donate $2 million of his estate to the Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund. John Loyd Jr., chairman of the endowment, said he realized this when he recei...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 11:30 am

Bath couple seeks options after home is deemed unsafe

BATH — Faced with fear last week about where they would go if evicted from their home, Alan and Yvonne Orchard are now gaining some options. The City Council voted 7...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 10:50 am

Topsham to conduct feasibility study for riverside trail

TOPSHAM — The town will determine next year whether a waterfront trail in the lower village is feasible. The study will come after the Board of Selectmen approved a $13,000 Maine Coastal Program shore and harbor planning grant on Dec. 6. The project ties in with the town's con...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 7:50 am

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Arts Calendar: Dec. 12-23

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Portland Children's Festival is seeking entries to the Young Filmmakers Contest, April 4-7, 2013, open to students in kindergarten through high school from Portland and surrounding comm...

• Lifestyle •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Community Calendar: Dec. 12-23

Greater Portland Benefits Greely Hockey Boosters, raffle fundraiser, drawing Jan.1 at Dudley Cup Tournament, tickets $10 each or 3 for $20, 831-9014. Bulletin Board

Community •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Out & About: Monster and magician top holiday fare

Holiday A&E fare takes some unusual forms this week. Most intriguing is an original play, “The Legend of the Golem,” written by longtime Portland theater activist Michael Levine. The Golem is a benevolent monster-like creature who saved thousands of Jews in 16th-century Eur...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 2:30 pm
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