YARMOUTH — This time, they would allow the students to choose the subject matter. They thought they might get a history of the Yarmouth ski team, or a feature on the school’s concert band. Instead, they got a meditation on school security in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre. “I think I was both […]
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Group discusses rails-with-trails link between Portland and Auburn
YARMOUTH — An effort to improve bicycle and walking paths in the region covered familiar ground during a third and final meeting Tuesday. The meeting also revealed continuing enthusiasm for a possible rails-with-trails link between Portland and Auburn. About 30 people braved a winter storm to attend the planning workshop, which included draft proposals for […]
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Few commuters parking in Yarmouth park-and-ride lot
YARMOUTH — A new 300-spot park-and-ride lot along Interstate 295 in Yarmouth is getting just a handful of cars per day, prompting some people to call it a waste of taxpayer money and an environmental mistake. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/19yQAOb) reports that the lot that opened three weeks ago had an average of six […]
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Yarmouth man describes how his terminally ill wife handled death on her own terms
HALLOWELL — Polly Keller had watched her father die slowly and painfully from a terminal, degenerative disease of the brain. When the retired researcher and clinical psychologist from Yarmouth was diagnosed with the same genetic illness, she decided she wanted to choose a different end to her own story. Keller, 67 at the time of […]
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Western Class C Field Hockey: Hutchinson hoists Clippers past Raiders
YARMOUTH — At the risk of mixing metaphors and making inexact comparisons, in this World Series frame of mind, it’s a reasonable analogy to say the Oak Hill field hockey team threw six innings of no-hit ball at Yarmouth on Wednesday evening. The only problem was that the Raiders couldn’t pitch around Clippers senior co-captain […]
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DeLorme lays off 10 as focus shifts from mapping to GPS products
YARMOUTH — DeLorme, the company well-known for its trusty Gazetteer and other traditional mapping products, has laid off 10 people as it continues a transition to selling high-tech GPS products, according to a company spokeswoman. The layoffs are not a sign of trouble at the Yarmouth-based company, according to Kim Stiver, DeLorme’s vice president of […]
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3,500 people to run in marathon, half-marathon
PORTLAND (AP) — Thousands of people are running in this year’s Maine Marathon. Sunday’s 26.2-mile race goes from Portland to Yarmouth and back. Organizers say about 3,500 people entered to run either the marathon or half-marathon. Both races began at 7:45 a.m. Twenty-seven-year-old Dan Vassallo of Peabody, Mass. won last year’s marathon in 2 hours, […]
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Several dozen Maine bridges get double red flags
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation insists all state-owned bridges are safe despite a review of federal data indicating dozens of them have multiple red flags. Chip Getchell, who is in charge of bridge planning for Maine DOT, said he is satisfied the bridges are safe because the state is aggressive in terms […]
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Class C Football: Hornets clamp down in second half, weather Clippers
YARMOUTH — After the echo of the first five or six shoulder-to-collar hits subsided Friday evening, Leavitt recognized there wouldn’t be any shame if new conference rival Yarmouth pulled off the upset. Shame, no. Frustration, no doubt. “Playing on the road, you’re going to face adversity. Things aren’t always going to go your way,” Leavitt […]
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Portland-Nova Scotia ferry service expected to begin overnight trips on May 1 under new agreement
PORTLAND — Under a deal announced Thursday, a proposed ferry service linking Portland with Nova Scotia is expected to begin nightly trips out of Maine on May 1 of next year. The agreement between the Canadian province and a team led by Eliot-based ferry operator Quest Navigation calls for Nova Scotia to invest $21 million […]