Celebrate Maine Festival kicks off this weekend
Portsmouth Herald News
As the heat, humidity and the dog days of summer approach, we want to remind ourselves of all the good things about this great state of Maine. …
Marshwood girls basketball team returns from Ireland
York Weekly
Fourteen girls from Marshwood High School are speaking with a bit of a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘news’
In the News: August 7, 2008
In the News: July 23, 2008
Report: Maine must lessen energy appetite
Portland Press Herald
Saying the nation is “dangerously dependent” on foreign oil, a report presented Tuesday to Gov. John Baldacci calls for expanding home weatherization, conducting more energy audits and other efforts to reduce energy usage in Maine.
CMP seeks approval for $1.4B power lines
York Weekly
The Eliot Board of Selectmen and the [...]
In the News: July 18, 2008
Route 236 crash causes road closure
Portsmouth Herald News
A Friday morning crash on Route 236 took out a utility pole and forced the closure of a portion of the …
Before it closes, special Mass for St. Michael’s
Foster’s Daily Democrat
If anyone deserves the title of matriarch of St. Michael’s it’s Gloria Roberge, who for all of her [...]
In the News: July 14, 2008
South Berwick Council backs another try at regional development …
Foster’s Daily Democrat
Four months after a regional development project spearheaded by former Town Manager Jeff Grossman failed, the South …
South Berwick crash leads to multiple charges
Foster’s Daily Democrat
A Somersworth, NH, man who police believe was intoxicated was arrested after the car he was driving drifted off [...]
In the News: July 12, 2008
After some leg work South Berwick police got their man….
Man who allegedly burglarized South Berwick golf course took taxi …
Foster’s Daily Democrat
Andrew Gerrish, the second suspect in a May burglary at the Links at Outlook Golf Course, who police say escaped a …
The emerald ash borer is in Maine:
Little bug does big damage to [...]
In the News: July 5, 2008
Five teachers bidding farewell to SAD 35
Portsmouth Herald
Five educators in School Administrative District 35 turned in their chalk last month, retiring after many years of teaching in the system.
Eliot to adopt new source of tax revenue
York Weekly
Officials are moving quickly to create a new economic development tool for the town — a Tax Increment Finance [...]
In the News: June 30, 2008
So. Berwick Strawberry Festival brings out families, visitors
Portsmouth Herald
It’s a family affair for Lisa Flynn. When she was just a small child, she said, “I remember tugging on my dad’s hand. ‘Let’s go to the strawberry festival. Let’s go to the strawberry festival.’”
Huppe defends title in Strawberry Festival 5-miler
Portsmouth Herald News
Finishing behind Huppe, Mark Gosztyla, [...]
In the News: June 26, 2008
Lots of strawberry related news today…
Ripe and ready Heat has sweet results, ripening strawberries to …
Foster’s Daily Democrat
The recent heat wave that swept over New Hampshire and Maine may have been the final ingredient needed to produce this month’s …
South Berwick flag placings make cemeteries ‘more meaningful’
Foster’s Daily DemocratNathan Lord helped drive the French out [...]
In the News: June 24, 2008
South Berwick residents OK $265g in extra town funds
Foster’s Daily Democrat
Residents finally gave permission for the Town Council to transfer $265000 from the town’s savings account to cover unexpected payments incurred this fiscal year.
Tourism officials’ opinions mixed on impact of lower I-95 traffic
Portsmouth Herald
Since the beginning of June, traffic coming through the Hampton and York, [...]
In the News: June 23, 2008
South Berwick again asking residents to OK $265000 in plowing …
Foster’s Daily Democrat
The second round in an ongoing effort by the Town Council to gain permission from residents to spend $265000 on unexpected payments starts tonight at 6:30 pm at Town Hall.
Fire destroys North Berwick garage, damages nearby home
Foster’s Daily Democrat
Once at the scene crews [...]
In the News: June 15, 2008
Facilitator to help South Berwick figure out development issues
Foster’s Daily Democrat
The Economic Development Committee is organizing a civil, constructive public process where residents will determine how they want the town to develop in the next few years and beyond…
Most school budgets survive validation vote
Portland Press Herald
Fears that tax-weary voters would reject the spending plans appear [...]
In the News: June 11, 2008
South Berwick voters reject recall
Foster’s Daily Democrat
A councilor recall amendment that became the latest in a string of issues that has divided this town of 7000 failed …
S. Berwick elected officials safe
York Weekly
Voters in South Berwick on Tuesday rejected an amendment to the town charter that would have established a …
South Berwick recall amendment defeated
Portland [...]
In the News: June 9, 2008
Register those out-of-state plates or fines may be coming in South …
Foster’s Daily Democrat
Residents who haven’t registered their car in Maine may want to do so quickly, as the police department is stepping up enforcement of vehicle registration evaders.
Field of 8 for District 1 includes two locals
Foster’s Daily Democrat
With Rep. Tom Allen vacating his First [...]
In the News: June 4, 2008
Update: I missed this article on my morning perusal of news sources:
Going green proves profitable for towns
Portland Press Herald
As more households recycle, municipalities are saving lots of money…
Natural gas releases scheduled for Newington, South Berwick …
Portsmouth Herald
Planned and controlled releases of natural gas will take place in Newington and South Berwick, Maine, as part of [...]
In the News: June 2, 2008
Some South Berwick residents think they may know who the next town …
Foster’s Daily Democrat
While the Town Council intends to launch a search for a long-term town manager sometime after Town Meeting June 2, …
Board eyes parking fix for Great Works School
Foster’s Daily Democrat
School officials said the project, which Eliot and South Berwick residents will [...]
In the News: May 28, 2008
New trash fees could be disputed by voters at South Berwick Town …
Foster’s Daily Democrat, NH
Preliminary figures for the proposed pay-as-you-throw program at the transfer station include $1.50 for a 30-gallon …
No smoking, but no arrests or fines either
Foster’s Daily Democrat, NH – 15 hours ago
Excluding Counting House Park, smoking and the use of [...]
In the News: May 27, 2008
South Berwick Rotary Club disbanding
Foster’s Daily Democrat
After five “turmoil-filled years of internal conflicts, the loss of over 30 members … and failed attempts to find compromise and resolution,” the South Berwick Rotary Club is in the process of disbanding…
Smoking law up for debate tonight in South Berwick
Foster’s Daily Democrat
A non-smoking resolution that would apply to [...]
In the News: May 11, 2008
South Berwick residents act Monday on $265g to pay for snow cost …
Foster’s Daily Democrat
The town’s undesignated fund could take a major hit Monday night during a special town meeting when residents will decide whether to take out $265000 to cover overruns in the snow removal budget, the buyout of …
South Berwick could add recall [...]
In the News: May 8, 2008
EDC Celebrates Opening of Monkey Business Bakery
The Economic Development Committee held a Ribbon Cutting at Monkey Business Bakery at 440 Main Street South Berwick on Thursday, May 7. Pictured from left to right is Mike Lassel, Economic Development Committee Vice Chairman, Roberta Orsini, Acting Interim Town Manager, Business Owners Nicole Bouchard and Jacob Bouchard, Andrea [...]
In the News: April 26, 2008
South Berwick budget slashed
Portsmouth Herald
Town councilors sharpened their pencils and pared an 18 percent increase in the town budget to 13 percent this week.
Elected South Berwick town officials face many challenges
Foster’s Daily Democrat
Job description: attend multiple meetings a week, address questions and concerns from residents at all times, …
In the News: April 22, 2008
Berwick campus celebrates Earth and ingenuity
Portsmouth Herald News
Up on the hill at Berwick Academy on Friday morning, more than 600 students, faculty and staff members formed a …
SAD 35 reinstates special education post
Portsmouth Herald News
In response to parents’ concerns, School Administrative District 35 will add back one special education instructor …
In the News: April 21, 2008
Berwick retail project may bring real change
Foster’s Daily Democrat
But he added that Jellison, who was in Florida this week, loves the location, which is just south of the North Berwick town line and just north of the South Berwick town line. “It may take a little longer for this to get off the ground,” Gallucci [...]
In the News: April 20, 2008
Local papers are running an Associated Press article that gives a round up of new laws from the 2008 Maine legislative session . Read the full story in Foster’s Daily Democrat. Here are a few of the law changes:
The minimum wage goes from $7 per hour to $7.50 over a two-year period.
A statewide [...]
In the News: April 19, 2008
‘History by the Foot’ in South Berwick
Foster’s Daily Democrat
A new self-guided walking tour brochure has been created to lead South Berwick residents and visitors down streets, past shops, houses, and other 19th-century sites prominent in the life of author Sarah Orne Jewett.
Councilor convinces two officials to stay on the job in South Berwick
Foster’s Daily Democrat
After [...]
In the News: April 15, 2008
South Berwick residents take aim at budget, try to cut tax hike
Foster’s Daily Democrat
The police budget, employee salaries and a lack of economic development in recent years – some of the main contributors to the town’s inflated 2009 budget – were some of the contentious topics debated by …
Asbestos worry raised in Eliot
Portsmouth Herald News
Town [...]
In the News: April 11, 2008
Reeling and healing in South Berwick
Wire
To say that the current atmosphere within South Berwick’s town government is hectic would be an understatement. As the southern-Maine community of 6670 people labors to draft a municipal budget that some people have labeled a “crisis,” …
2 brush fires scorch coast
Portsmouth Herald News
A two-alarm blaze razed some 10 [...]
In the News: April 10, 2008
South Berwick council to present budget calling for 18% tax increase
Foster’s Daily Democrat
After weeks of budget sessions, the Town Council is ready to present its revised 2009 municipal budget of $5763795 to residents at a public hearing Monday at 6:30 pm in the Town Hall auditorium.
Shipyard dry dock is of utmost importance to area senators
Foster’s [...]
In the News: April 9, 2008
Maine reps: Collect unclaimed assets
Portsmouth Herald News
York County residents are being urged to contact their local legislators to find out if they have assets in the state’s inventory of unclaimed property.
York County gets $600000 in EPA grants
MaineToday.com
The Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission was granted $400000 in grants, bringing that agency’s total brownfield funding from the [...]
In the News: April 7, 2008
South Berwick moving to pay-per-bag system for trash
Foster’s Daily Democrat
Starting Jan. 1, 2009, the town will begin a pay-per-bag program at the transfer station.
SAD 35 panel tables action on nonresident students
Foster’s Daily Democrat
An initiative to admit nonresident tuition students into the School Administrative District 35 system was unanimously tabled by school board members during their [...]
In the News: April 4, 2008
A Literary Tour of Small-Town Maine
New York Times
‘…as I drove along busy I-95 on a literary pilgrimage to Jewett’s beloved hometown, South Berwick, in southern Maine…
In ‘Shutting Up Peggy Lee!’ Poulin one woman worth seeing
Foster’s Daily Democrat
At the base of every exceptional play is an exceptional script. To be performed by an actress of impeccable [...]
