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  • 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