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Brunswick experiencing town-wide water outage
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (218+ words) Households across Brunswick had little to no water Monday afternoon as the town works to rectify a large-scale water pressure issue. The town of Brunswick and the Brunswick Police Department both alerted locals to the outage on social media around…...
Cape Elizabeth considers parking restrictions for nonresidents near Cliff House Beach
1+ week, 4+ day ago (786+ words) Nonresidents may have to walk up to a half mile to access Cliff House Beach in Cape Elizabeth during the summer and early fall, if the town implements a parking ban requested by residents. The town is considering banning parking…...
Meet Cape Elizabeth’s new council chair
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1148+ words) Elizabeth Scifres, a former school board member, is the new chair of Cape Elizabeth's Town Council. Scifres said that she's excited about the organizational part of the job, including making the meeting agendas and moderating the proceedings. And she said…...
5 HIV cases reported in Cumberland County this year among people who inject drugs
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (280+ words) Five cases of HIV have been detected in people who inject drugs in Cumberland County so far this year. In an alert last week, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention noted the five cases diagnosed as of Nov....
First 2026 refugees expected Nov. 24 as Maine’s annual arrivals drop significantly
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (446+ words) LEWISTON " The first of 50 refugees who will be resettled in Maine over the next year will arrive beginning Nov. 24, the state's only federally approved resettlement agency said Friday. The number represents a massive year-over-year reduction, part of the Trump administration's…...
Maine will resettle only 50 refugees this year, all white South Africans
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (521+ words) Maine will receive only 50 refugees this year under record-low restrictions imposed by the Trump administration on the federal resettlement program " and all of them are expected to be white South Africans. That's a 95% reduction from 950 refugees initially allocated to Maine…...
Obituary: Brian Redmond Cullen
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (171+ words) BRUNSWICK " Brian Redmond Cullen, born 29 December 1941, in Durban, South Africa, passed away peacefully, 25 October, 2025, surrounded by his family at the age of 83. The third of six children to Henry and Patricia Cullen, Brian is survived by his remaining siblings Lorna,…...
In Sipayik, the Passamaquoddy are finding resilience in a half-acre of clams
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1082+ words) SIPAYIK " For almost 1,000 pounds of invasive European green crabs each week, Erik Francis" traps are the end of the line. He pulls one from the water. Armed with one beefy "crusher" claw and one finer "cutter" claw, the crustaceans are…...
Cape Elizabeth prepares to combat climate change
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (493+ words) Cape Elizabeth is taking a new step to address climate change. On Monday, the Town Council approved the climate action plan put together by the Greater Portland Council of Governments. After two years and a series of studies, surveys and…...
Cape Elizabeth launches new website
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (309+ words) The Town of Cape Elizabeth has launched a new website designed to make it easier and faster for users to navigate. The town also changed the domain of the website to capeelizabeth.org, replacing capeelizabeth.com. "(Many) domains can be…...