Circus Smirkus is back in Maine for more than a dozen shows under the big top this summer.
Cumberland
Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
‘It’s gotten nasty’: Clash over racial equity work roils Cumberland
Six months after SAD 51 issued two racial equity letters, the district continues to see backlash from a resident who has alleged an illegal meeting and hiring.
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Annual frog migration brings out amphibian fans in Cumberland
Volunteers came Sunday to help frogs and salamanders cross Range Road, but the most movement likely happened after midnight, when the human visitors were gone.
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Sex offender works at a church that hosts day cares
CUMBERLAND — Eugene Weir is content to live his life quietly. Being the only registered sex offender in a suburban town of about 8,000 people, though, that isn’t always possible. Weir was convicted in 1990 of sexually assaulting three female relatives and spent nine years in prison. When he was released, he returned home to […]
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Joan M. Jensen Tarazewich
WEST PARIS — Joan M. Jensen Tarazewich, of Topsham, passed away on Friday, Sept. 15 in West Paris. Born and raised on the island of Montreal, Canada, near the St. Lawrence River, Joan was the youngest of four daughters to Ellen Wilkinson Hooper of Montreal and Niels Peter Jensen of Denmark. Her father died when […]
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Cumberland store manager accused of providing alcohol to minors, overcharging them
CUMBERLAND (WGME) — Police say a manager at convenience store in Cumberland was providing alcohol to minors and overcharging them for it. Between May 12 and early August, police investigated the actions of a clerk at the Irving Express Mart located at 174 Main Street in Cumberland. “For quite some time, the Police Department has […]
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Bus catches fire while traveling Maine Turnpike
CUMBERLAND — The soutbound lane of the Maine Turnpike is closed while firefighters put out a bus fire Wednesday afternoon. Sources report all the passengers are out of the bus. The fire was reported about 1:40 p.m. near mile 57 of Interstate 95. This story will be updated.
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Turnpike crash traps driver
FALMOUTH — A Massachusetts man was extricated from his pickup truck Wednesday after it skidded off the Maine Turnpike and crashed into woods. The driver, Frank Zaia, 56, of West Newbury, was taken to Maine Medical Center with injuries police described as not life-threatening. His condition was not immediately available later Wednesday night. Police said […]
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Cross Country: Locals look to finish strong at state championships
Six runners and six teams will be crowned state champions Saturday at the cross country state championships. Locals will look to have a say in the outcomes of the races when all is said and done at Twin Brook Recreation Area in Cumberland. The favorite to win the Class A boys’ race is none other […]
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Quaker school moves to $2.5 million passive building in Cumberland
CUMBERLAND — After nearly a decade in Falmouth, the Friends School of Portland starts the new school year Sept. 8 with 100 students and a new, state-of-the-art, energy-efficient building at 11 U.S. Route 1. The independent school, which offers pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade classes, successfully raised the nearly $2.5 million it needed to construct the 15,000-square-foot building that sits on a […]