SEARSPORT - Zach Parker's high school history project has earned him the highest possible grade - and has started to take him places he never imagined going. Those include the Boston Fox News affiliate, where the 17-year- old from Frankfort will be featured Friday morning on the national program "Fox & Friends." On Thursday afternoon, the energetic and talkative teen gave an impromptu press conference outside the Searsport public safety building before heading south to talk about his plan to propose federal legislation to ban all protests at military funerals.
WOODLAND Woodland voters appear to have said "no" to a new public safety center with more room and modern improvements. Unofficial results from Tuesday night's counting showed 444 votes against the proposal to 362 in favor. The all-mail bond issue would have paid for a new fire and police building. A 20-year, $5.65 million bond issue would have cost taxpayers 88 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, or about $132 annually for a $150,000 home.
REDLANDS - With the budgetary outlook for 2008 looking bleak, the City Council approved a spending decrease to the tune of $622,000 during Tuesday's meeting. On Thursday, the Redlands Budget Committee admitted to falling victim to the recent economic downturn and reported an expected $2 million decrease in estimated sales tax revenue for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. The committee approved more than $1.2 million in budget cuts in the areas of building improvements, public works contracts, building and safety contracts, the general plan update, police communications and support services, as well as senior services salaries.
Silver Creek School District voters last week approved a $10 million capital improvement project by a 258-69 vote. The project is part of a five-year plan to address several concerns on the district campus, including building renovations, safety measures and new technology.
Tara Ingalls spent a cloudy Wednesday showing a friend the Goddard Mansion, a crumbling stone building she came to love while growing up in southern Maine. "It has got such a pull to it," said Ingalls, a San Diego resident in Maine this week to visit family. The mansion's ruins in Fort Williams Park have been drawing tourists, locals, history buffs and wedding parties for decades. Stewards of the park, however, have concerns about how long the visits will continue as age and weather take a toll on Goddard, creating safety concerns.
The Brocton Central School Board voted Thursday night to initiate talks on possibly obtaining a state Department of Education EXCEL program building grant. The grant would allow the district to improve building energy conservation, enhance technology, improve accessibility and provide measures to enhance the health and safety of the district's students and community through building upgrades. Part of the plan would be to replace the building's 1939 roof and also make electrical improvements.
In an effort to supplement Wisconsin's cash-strapped budget, a division of state government has delayed municipalities' applications to carry out commercial building inspections and plan reviews, two retired state officials said. The state Department of Commerce's Safety and Buildings Division has hoarded inspections and plan reviews -- and the revenue that comes with administering them -- by declining to act on applications from municipalities that want to handle those tasks on behalf of the state, said Bob DuPont, a former director of the Bureau of Program Development in the Safety and Buildings Division who retired in December.
A city plan recommends building a major, circular intersection at Pershing and Converse to improve safety and traffic flow. Now all that's left is the City Council's approval. By Jodi Rogstad
Some residents of 10 Exchange St., who are being forced out because the landlord allegedly refused to upgrade fire-safety equipment, plan to sue the owner of the downtown Portland building to have him pay to move them into new apartments. Meanwhile, stores and other businesses that rent space in the Old Port building are scrambling to avoid having to move because of the city's crackdown on their landlord, Joseph Soley.
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