South Berwick News

Ron Satrape of Christian Life Church in Eliot, Maine, left, and Kim Moulton from River of Life Church in Haverhill, Mass., right, hold a "Yes on 1" banner at the driveway of Marshwood Middle School in Eliot on Tuesday.

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It was in the air, almost infectious, particularly in the southern tip of Maine where our readers live and work.

In the wake of the repeal of Maine's gay marriage law at the polls Tuesday, Pastor Bob Emrich, of Stand for Marriage Maine, said it should now be clear to everyone in the nation that Maine is no different than the other 30 states that have upheld marriage as between a man and a woman.

As they exited the polling booths in southern York County towns today, voters were asked how they cast their ballot of Question 1, which calls for repeal of the state's same-sex marriage law.

South Berwick and Eliot voters were eager to go to the polls Tuesday morning to decide local races and state ballot questions dealing with gay marriage, Tabor, medical marijuana and cutting the state's motor vehicle excise tax.

Therese A. Buckley, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at her home in South Berwick. She was born Sept.

A Newington firefighter could face departmental discipline following a second arrest for alleged drunken driving.

A warm welcome to the crew and families of USS Helena was extended Wednesday at a reception hosted by South Berwick's USS Helena Committee and the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Cowboys, dinosaurs, butterflies and princesses took over the downtown area Friday night as hundreds of families marched along Main Street for the annual Halloween parade.

Their level of frustration is very high: Some citizens want a larger library building, some expected the new library would already be built.

The town will join its neighboring towns in applying for a federal stimulus grant that would make funds available to residents and business owners for winterizing homes and improving energy efficiency.

The community outpouring of support for a South Berwick family that lost its home in a fire last month continued Saturday with an auction held at Marshwood Middle School.

An interest-free $3.2 million bond for heating and ventilation improvements to four of the school district's five schools will be decided by voters on election day.

Friday, October 23, 2009 Children's Harvest Festival will be held at the First Baptist Church of South Berwick, 130 Main St., , on Friday, Oct.

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine - Marshwood Great Works School fourth-graders scored among the highest in the nation in the math portion of a national assessment test, which their superintendent said is a testament to their hard work and the quality instruction of their teachers.

Police from at least four communities were involved in an apparent manhunt Tuesday night near a home on Knights Pond Road in South Berwick, Maine.

The field for the one contested Town Council seat in the November election is unusually diverse, featuring a former council chairman, a retired postal worker, a Philippines native, and an 18-year-old high school senior.

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