The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing continues to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing students statewide despite COVID-19 restrictions, something that the new director is passionate about due to her experience growing up deaf in rural Maine.
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Corcoran won’t return as Portland girls’ hoops coach
Contract not renewed for upcoming season
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Topsham voters approve $13.5 million municipal budget
Topsham Town Manager Derek Scrapchansky expects the budget to drop tax rate by 1.3 %.
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Topsham Police chief to resign after 2 decades with department
TOPSHAM — Police Chief Chris Lewis is resigning after 21 years with the department, effective July 17. “I am seeking a new opportunity which will also bring a fresh perspective to the Topsham Police Department,” Lewis said in an email Wednesday. He was unavailable that day for further comment, but said Detective William Collins would […]
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Police charge former Brunswick state senator after dog bites 2 people
BRUNSWICK — Police charged former state Sen. Stan Gerzofsky on June 6 for two offenses after his dog escaped his fenced-in backyard and bit two passersby on separate occasions. Gerzofsky’s 4-year-old German shepherd, who the Federal Street resident said was a “re-home” dog for which he had hired a trainer, managed to leap over the […]
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MPA: Spring teams cannot have any organized activities
While the season is delayed, coaches cannot have contact with Maine high school athletes. Even ‘captain’s practices’ will not be allowed.
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Freeport continues to explore tax break for L.L.Bean
FREEPORT — The Town Council was expected to discuss a 30-year, $10 million tax break for L.L.Bean on Tuesday night. The project would greatly expand, enhance and modernize the company’s corporate headquarters, adding a second floor to the main building that would bring the campus to a total of about 400,000 square feet. The estimated […]
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Start of spring high school sports practices delayed to April 27
The Maine Principals’ Association has pushed back preseason practices by a month in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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MPA: Spring high school sports season still on for now
Officials say it is too early to make a decision on a spring sports season that doesn’t open until April 16.
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Sifting History’s Sands: Desert of Maine owner seeks to separate truth from myth at Freeport landmark
FREEPORT — Legend has it that William Tuttle settled the farmland that is now the Desert of Maine in the late 18th century. Mela Heestand, co-owner of the Desert Road landmark since December 2018, doubts he ever existed. The Desert of Maine, which opens again next May, consists of a 20-30-acre “desert” of very fine […]