Wednesday, July 29, 2020
ROCKPORT The Select Board in Rockport will convene Monday evening, Feb . 22, at 5:30 p.m., via Zoom to review three bids to extend the sewer along Route 1 from the existing line terminus near Sea Light Lane to South Street.
The board will also consider how it will finance the town’s purchase of a Daigle & Houghton Western Star 4700SF plow truck for the Public Works Department. The board approved the purchase at its Jan. 11 meeting, and Town Manager William Post is suggesting the town finance it through Androscoggin Bank for a total of $202,730, at an interest rate of 1.89% for a seven-year term.
Leominster Champion
The City of Leominster is seeking community input to inform the preliminary design of the Monoosnoc Brook Stabilization Project funded by a state-awarded Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Action Grant.
This project will permanently repair a collapsed segment of stone masonry retaining wall where Monoosnoc Brook parallels Manning Avenue. The stabilization project will prevent potential damage to the road and nearby utilities. while also enhancing climate resiliency.
Woodard & Curran will host a Virtual Public Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 5-6 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. Access to the meeting will be at https://bit.ly/3rjHAeN or by calling 781-613-0525, ID 824274261#.
2/3/2021
Why didn’t Cumberland get earlier chance at well property?
This lot at 500 Nate Whipple Highway was acquired by the town of Cumberland for $600,000 last year after its previous owner purchased it for $275,000 a few months earlier. (Breeze photo by Ethan Shorey)
Parties shed light on $600,000 land purchase
CUMBERLAND – Since news last November that the town would acquire a Nate Whipple Highway property for a future municipal well expansion, some residents have voiced questions about the profit its previous owner was able to walk away with.
That owner, Cumberland’s Stephen Instasi III, ended up securing a profit of $325,000 when he sold the property at 500 Nate Whipple Highway to the town of Cumberland for $600,000 shortly after its former owner, John Boucher, had sold it to him for $275,000 last June.
RETIREMENTS Finance Authority of Maine CEO Bruce Wagner will retire on Feb. 5, and be replaced on an interim basis by FAME’s chief risk officer, Carlos Mello. The FAME board of directors will begin an immediate national search for Wagner’s successor. Gov. Janet Mills thanked Wagner for his “leadership of FAME and for his partnership, […]
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SCARBOROUGH
Scarborough student receives scholarship for families impacted by cancer
Kristen Caldwell of Scarborough has been selected as a recipient of Northwestern Mutual’s Childhood Cancer Sibling Scholarship.
She is among 42 other students nationwide to be recognized for the impact childhood cancer had on them as either a survivor or sibling. Each has received a $5,000 renewable scholarship to help with financial support to attend college.
Caldwell was impacted by her sister’s diagnosis of stage four ovarian cancer in 2016. During that time, Caldwell became interested in politics, ultimately combining her passion for political science and her commitment to finding a cure for cancer. Now a political science major at George Washington University, Caldwell is determined to change laws to make health care and cancer treatments more affordable for those impacted by cancer.