CUMBERLAND — A new pier at Broad Cove Reserve is open for business, with only a few finishing touches left to wrap up the project this month. Prock Marine Co. built the structure – which includes an 80-foot gangway, floats and float moorings – at its Rockland headquarters over the winter. The company floated it down […]

CUMBERLAND — After approval at a May 23 district budget meeting, next year’s School Administrative District 51 budget heads to a final decision by Cumberland and North Yarmouth voters on June 11. Last week’s meeting, held at the new Greely Center for the Arts, drew 70 voters and lasted only 42 minutes, Superintendent Jeff Porter […]

CUMBERLAND — Julia Curran has weaved a hobby into a business and fundraiser, and turned shyness into confidence. The Cumberland teenager – who will graduate with her class in the school gym at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 2 – discovered her interest among the leftover beads in the studio of her mother, a catalogue designer for […]

CUMBERLAND — A few months after opening an office off Gray Road, tech company Call2test aims to expand its business in the probation and parole markets by hiring 25 new employees this year. Considering the company at the end of last year consisted only of founder and CEO Sam Hotchkiss and Account Executive Stephen Quirk, […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Five years after it gained a new lease on life, Veterans Memorial Park is marking Memorial Day with a new statue. The unveiling will happen during a 3 p.m. ceremony Monday, May 27, at the corner of Memorial Highway (Route 9) and Parsonage Road. Joseph Reagan of Easterseals Maine will be the […]

CUMBERLAND — Discussions about moving compost and brush operations from the Public Works Department garage to land at Cumberland Fairgrounds drew concerned residents to Monday’s Town Council meeting. The council did not act on the matter. It did approve forming a conservation easement around the nearly 38-acre town-owned Greely Woods property. Moving the compost and […]

CUMBERLAND — One incumbent and three newcomers are vying for two seats on the Town Council in the June 11 election. Councilor Peter Bingham is not seeking re-election and is instead running for the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors. Councilor Michael Edes is seeking a third term against Robert Vail, Geoff Michalak and […]

CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors on Monday unanimously adopted a $38.4 million budget for fiscal year 2020. The spending plan, up 2.84%, would have no impact on Cumberland and North Yarmouth tax rates. It now goes to two public votes: a district budget meeting Thursday, May 23, and a budget […]

CUMBERLAND — With two Cumberland seats up for grabs on the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors, incumbent Mike Brown faces a challenge from Peter Bingham, who is stepping down from the Town Council, and political newcomer Jennifer Stewart. Brown, appointed to the School Board in 2015 to fill a vacant seat, was elected […]