STANDISH – To help Frye Islanders find some relief in paying their $1.4 million share of the school assessment, Standish town councilors voted unanimously Tuesday to allow Town Manager Gordon Billington to hire a consultant, in collaboration with Frye Island, to study the costs and benefits of withdrawing from School Administrative District 6, which also […]

WESTBROOK – The basics of cheese-making sound pretty simple – just add milk to a culture, heat, stir and wait. However, the process requires long hours of care to produce a memorable cheese each time. “You’re working with a lot of unknowns,” said Dorothee Grimm, the cheese maker and dairy plant manager for Westbrook’s Silver […]

Hank Williams Jr. / Good Theater’s ‘Clybourne Park’ / Make your own mead / Evergreen Cemetery walking tours / Classic Hendrix talk / Maine Earth Science Day / Antique apple lecture / Designing Women craft show

The future of 12 displaced residents of the Itsa Good Motel remains uncertain.

Concerts and shows currently on sale

Veterans Benefits Administration workers are placed on unpaid furloughs, which will likely slow the processing of new claims.

Healthcare.gov requires users to create accounts before they can browse, resulting in bottlenecks.

A gridlocked Congress showed little or no urgency toward resolving either of the nation’s most challenging short-term economic disputes.

Nearly 1,000 runners attempt the marathon, and twice that number take on half the course.

Nearly 1,000 runners attempt the marathon, and twice that number take on half the course.