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  • 6 Maine companies earn annual Family Business awards

    BRUNSWICK — The Institute for Family-Owned Business, in partnership with the law firm Verrill Dana, announced winners of the annual Maine Family Business Awards on May 13 at the Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland. The event was hosted by WGME-TV co-anchor Gregg Lagerquist,...

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    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 3:20 pm

  • Shellfish industry pins hope on Freeport research

    FREEPORT — Following a recent Town Council appropriation, the town's shellfish community has started what is being called a "historic" effort to address the rapid disappearance of soft-shell clams. The effort is the first comprehensive, large-scale research project in Maine to study ...

    Will Graff • News •
    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 2:20 pm

  • Falmouth gets grant to extend trail network

    FALMOUTH — The town's conserved land will be enhanced this summer thanks to a grant to extend the trail network and develop new areas for more access. The grant also comes as two planned town hikes are scheduled to coincide with National Trails Day on Saturday, June 1. The $22...

    Will Graff • News •
    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 1:50 pm

  • Town Council votes against mini-golf in Cape Elizabeth

    CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council narrowly defeated sending the Planning Board a proposal to allow miniature golf as a permitted use in the town's Business A zoning district.  The 4-3 decision on Monday put the brakes on a plan by resident Carl Dittrich to build a nine-hole...

    Noah Hurowitz • News •
    Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:30 am

  • Scarborough Downs gambles again on racino at heart of new town center

    SCARBOROUGH — If Scarborough Downs has its way, residents will be voting again on whether to allow a racino in town. The Planning Board now has the language and maps necessary to rezone more than 450 acres owned by Scarborough Downs, passed along after a 6-0 Town Council vote Wednesd...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:20 am

  • Arbitrator reinstates Cumberland County sheriff's detective who filed whistleblower lawsuit

    SOUTH PORTLAND — An independent arbitrator has reinstated Gerard Brady, a city resident and deputy with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, as a detective in the department. Brady filed a union grievance against Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce, and a

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:50 am

  • Topsham voters waste no time approving municipal budget

    TOPSHAM — Voters approved an $8.5 million fiscal 2014 municipal budget at Town Meeting Wednesday evening. The meeting at Mt. Ararat High School drew 88 registered voters, who approved 22 warrant articles in less than an hour. The budget, endorsed by both the Board of Selectmen and Fi...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:10 am

  • Brunswick budget cuts remain a moving target

    BRUNSWICK — Some town councilors would be willing to accept budget cuts to reduce next year's tax hike to just under 7 percent, but the council did not take any solid direction at two recent budget workshops. With a May 23 deadline less than a week away to adopt a combined town,...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:00 am

  • Brunswick residents express concern over future of rec center

    BRUNSWICK — Residents at the Town Council budget workshop Monday made their opinions heard loud and clear: they want to keep the Recreation Center right where it is. The council was holding its public hearing on budgets for the Parks and Recreation Department and the Capital Improvem...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, May 16, 2013

  • Topsham developer backs MRRA bill that divides state, local officials

    BRUNSWICK — One of Brunswick Landing's major developers is supporting a bill that would give Brunswick and Topsham more input into redevelopment of the former U.S. Navy base. Topsham-based Priority Real Estate Group was joined by local officials and residents in its support for LD 14...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:30 pm
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