SCARBOROUGH — Parking along Higgins beach will now be allowed year-round, restricted to one hour in the summer and unlimited in the off season, for approximately 15 cars. All other parking along the beach and nearby streets has been eliminated. Also, the off-season has been extended by six weeks to match other town beaches. It […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Town Manager Michael McGovern plans to present the Town Council with a fiscal year 2012 municipal budget that will increase the municipal tax rate by 1.5 percent. At a Town Council meeting on Monday, Jan. 10, Councilor Sara Lennon, the chairwoman of the Finance Committee, said the increase would be the first […]

Members of the Yarmouth High School Class of 2011 form a line while skating last Sunday afternoon at the Interact Club’s annual Pond Party. Proceeds from the event go to the Community Fuel Assistance Fund.

SCARBOROUGH — An affordable housing development may be in Scarborough’s future if a $10,000 Community Development Block Grant is awarded to the town. Habitat for Humanity and the Scarborough Housing Alliance have teamed up in the hope that a small parcel of town-owned land just off Broadturn Road, between Saratoga Lane and the Maine Turnpike, […]

HARPSWELL — Their ancestors walked across the frozen mudflats to build ships at the Pennell shipyard. They constructed the old town hall in West Harpswell, and cleared fields that that have long since reverted back into forests. Between them, the members of the Carrying Place Assembly have nearly 1000 years of residency in Harpswell. But […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Cape Elizabeth High School Parent Association and the Scarborough and South Portland school departments will host a screening of the documentary film “Race to Nowhere” on Monday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The film was created by a concerned mother and illustrates the pressures facing students […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The public is invited to participate in the search for a new superintendent of Schools by applying to be a part of the Credentials Review Committee formed by the School Board. The ad hoc committee will assist the board in evaluating applications and will act as an advisory group with no authority […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Officials are investigating the cause of a fire last week that damaged a single-story home at 26 Elderberry Drive. Deputy Fire Chief Steve Fox said the fire started in the garage and appeared to have been accidental. “The actual cause is still under investigation,” he said. Fox said the fire was first […]

BATH — The Maine Maritime Museum is entering the world of film during the next few months, and adding its usual touch of salt. The 243 Washington St. museum will offer its first-ever movie festival, called Down to the Sea in Film, starting this month. On Jan. 28 it will screen “Captain Blood,” a 1935 […]

In the 10th year of Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations in Brunswick sponsored by the Bowdoin College library, children’s writer Charlotte Agell was joined Monday by Rohan Henry for a program called “Good Words.”