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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

  • North Yarmouth's future could include a town manager

    NORTH YARMOUTH — Voters will decide June 11 whether to adopt a revised Town Charter, which calls for the administrative assistant to be replaced by a town manager. The Charter Commission, which also recommends moving Town Meeting from June to April, began its review of the 31-year-ol...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:40 pm

  • Budget, closing 1 school, expanding another go to SAD 51 voters

    CUMBERLAND — Along with deciding whether to adopt next year's budget, voters in School Administrative District 51 will decide whether to close North Yarmouth Memorial School and move those students to an expanded Greely Middle School. The proposed nearly $31.3 million fiscal 2014 bud...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:40 pm

  • New index predicts 'slow, steady' recovery for Maine real estate

    PORTLAND — A new measure of Maine's real estate industry shows the market still has a long way to go before it recovers from the impact of economic recession, but is beginning to make headway. In a May 22 conference at Holiday Inn by the Bay, the Maine Real Estate & Development A...

    William Hall • News •
    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:30 pm

  • School budget cuts will be Scarborough Town Council's call

    SCARBOROUGH — As he prepared for Thursday night's special School Board meeting, Finance Committee Chairman Chris Caiazzo said the ultimate revision of the $39 million fiscal year budget rejected by voters on May 14 will come next week from town councilors. Councilors will hold a spec...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:40 am

  • Taxes could increase almost 5% in Bath; moratorium on strip clubs gets OK

    BATH — With city, school and county costs tallied, the city could see a tax increase of nearly 5 percent next year. The fiscal 2014 municipal budget, unveiled Wednesday, will be voted on by the City Council on June 5. Also Wednesday, the council enacted a temporary moratorium ...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 9:10 am

  • Brunswick High School principal resigns unexpectedly

    BRUNSWICK — High school Principal Art Abelmann resigned on Wednesday, effective immediately, four weeks before the end of the school year. The School Board accepted Abelmann's sudden resignation at a special budget meeting Wednesday night, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Gre...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:30 am

  • Scarborough workshop looks at past, future of Dunstan Corner

    SCARBOROUGH — Bangor-based planner Evan Richert sees plenty of promise in Dunstan Corner. “This may be a once-in-a-generation type of opportunity,” Richert said Tuesday night as the results of a Pilot Communities study by Sustain Southern Maine were discussed at a Town Ha...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:00 am

  • Brunswick council paves way for sale of municipal buildings

    BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday authorized negotiations for the sale of the downtown Recreation Center, which could ultimately lead to a new business moving into town. After more than an hour of public comment, councilors voted 7-2 to authorize Town Manager Gary Brown to reach...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 3:40 pm

  • South Portland council OKs school budget, al fresco seating for Knightville cafe

    SOUTH PORTLAND — City Councilors on Monday approved the $43 million school budget for fiscal year 2014, and scheduled a June 11 referendum on the spending plan. They also agreed, over some neighbors' objections, to allow a Knightville coffee shop to place tables and chairs on the sid...

    David Harry • News •
    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 1:50 pm
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