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April 09, 2025

Covering the communities of Cumberland, North Yarmouth and Yarmouth.

In Yarmouth, a proposed solar project near the Holy Cross Cemetery has hit a potential roadblock, as it does not meet the requirements for a Yarmouth zoning special exemption. The widely opposed project will need a zoning amendment to proceed. However, if it does move forward, it will join some of the first solar arrays to be built on church property in the state.


At any time you can send me any story ideas or local announcements, events or photos for the chance to be featured in this community newsletter. What's happening in your community this spring?


In this week's newsletter: Free bus driving classes, the symbolism of gravestones, and the all-star boys hockey team.


Thanks for reading,

- Sophie Burchell

The Holy Cross Cemetery in Yarmouth, near the site of a potential solar project that is encountering zoning challenges. (Daryn Slover/Portland Press Herald)


Yarmouth solar project hits zoning hurdle

Proposed Yarmouth budgets increase slightly as costs rise

Maine’s Catholic diocese is tapping into solar power

2024-25 Varsity Maine All-State Boys Hockey team

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THINGS TO DO

How well do you know Yarmouth's history? Test yourself!

Yarmouth Historical Society is host another edition of its popular Yarmouth Trivia Night at Brickyard Hollow Brewing Co. on April 9 starting at 6 p.m. The community event will be a great way to engage with neighbors and friends while learning more about the town. Yarmouth Historical Society has crafted questions that will challenge residents, both old and new, and those just visiting.


Cook this book! Prince Memorial Library's Cook the Book Club is like a book club that explores cookbooks. To participate, sometime in the month prior to the meetup, stop by the library to peruse the cookbook they're cooking from this month. Reserve the recipe you'd like to make, make the dish at home and bring it to the meeting. It's a great way to discover a new cookbook or explore a culture through food. Newcomers welcome, registration is not required. The next meeting is at the Wescustogo Hall and Community Center in North Yarmouth on Monday, April 14, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.


"Understanding Symbolism on Maine's Early Gravestones" will be presented by Cumberland Historical Society on Wednesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at Cumberland Town Hall. Maine’s cemeteries are rich with beautifully hand-carved gravestones created by local stonecutters dating from colonial times to the end of the 1800s. What do the gravestone symbols – rising sun, skulls and crossbones, and pointing fingers – mean? In this heavily illustrated presentation, cemetery historian and author Ron Romano will describe the "anatomy" of a gravestone and discuss the types of materials found in our burials. Refreshments will be served.


The Yarmouth Public Health Council, in collaboration with the First Universalist Church of Yarmouth, welcomes musicians Connor Garvey of Portland and Grace Pettis of Nashville, Tennessee, to the Unitarian Universalist Church for a night of music May 9 to celebrate community connection and spring. Show time is at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased here

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Sophie Burchell is a community news reporter for Falmouth and Portland and previously reported for the Northern Forecaster. Her memories of briefly living on Mount Desert Island as a child drew her back to Maine to attend Bowdoin College, and back again to Portland after a year in Alaska. When she is not reporting, you can find Sophie rummaging through a thrift store or jumping in the ocean. Send feedback and suggestions to Sophie. You can support this newsletter by encouraging friends and family to subscribe

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