Applications for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Food Preserver Program are now available. The 10-session course is scheduled to meet from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, June 14 to Sept. 6, at the UMaine Extension office, 75 Clearwater Drive in Falmouth, and at Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Road. The 35-hour course combines […]
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Rapid I-295 bridge replacement wraps up with hours to spare
It took a three-day highway closure to tear down and replace one of Maine’s busiest sections of road, the Veranda Street bridge in Portland.
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I-295 bridge complete, road reopens ahead of schedule
The rapid-fire demolition and replacement of an aging highway overpass in Portland closed a busy stretch of highway for three days.
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Officers justified in deadly force in Falmouth, Old Town confrontations, attorney general finds
In both cases, the officers who discharged their weapons were acting in self defense or the defense of others, the state’s attorney general concludes.
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UMaine Extension offers food safety training for volunteer cooks
University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans offer four options for online food safety training for volunteer cooks from 9 a.m. to noon starting Tuesday, April 5. Additional sessions will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. April 7 or 13, and from 5 to 8 p.m. April 19. Cooking for Crowds offers up-to-date information on […]
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Busiest stretch of highway in Maine shutting down to traffic next month
I-295 between Falmouth and Portland will close for 64 hours while crews install a new bridge over Veranda Street in Portland.
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UMaine Extension to host series on winter care of livestock
FALMOUTH — University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to offer four in-person workshops about winter care of livestock. The sessions are to be held from noon to 2 p.m. every other Tuesday starting Dec. 7 at the UMaine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Remaining classes are set for Dec. 21, Jan. 4 and […]
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‘I feel like I was part of something,’ says proud World War II veteran
June Beck, who turned 100 in September, served her country as part of the WAVES. She’s one of about 1,300 World War II veterans living in Maine.
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Officers had no chance to de-escalate, Falmouth police say of fatal shooting
A person called police Tuesday night to report that a man was running around an intersection with a knife, police radio transmissions indicate.
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Man shot and killed by Falmouth police officers
Police say two officers arriving to investigate a report of a disturbance near the intersection of Lunt and Middle roads ‘were faced with an armed confrontation.’