YARMOUTH — DeLorme, the map and software development company, announced Mike Heffron will become president and chief executive officer effective Jan. 4, 2011. Heffron will replace Dave Eshelman, who has served as president since 2005 and has been with the company for 19 years. Heffron will also be the first person to hold the office […]

HARPSWELL — Selectmen will meet with representatives of The Carrying Place Assembly to discuss pursuit of legislative action to change the boundary between Harpswell and Brunswick. Residents earlier this year at Town Meeting approved spending $2,500 toward legal costs and further research of the boundary. Recently, members of The Carrying Place Assembly addressed selectmen about […]

WEST BATH — A judge on Tuesday ordered the Bath Planning Board to take a third look at the third phase of the Wing Farm business park. After a hearing at West Bath District Court, Judge Andrew Horton ordered the case remanded to the Planning Board, which approved the third phase in April. He had […]

BRUNSWICK — A pedestrian was struck by a car and killed Monday night as he crossed Gurnet Road after retrieving his mail, according to police.  Ronald A. Pottle, 66, of Gurnet Road, was struck by a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Douglas Self, 55, of Brunswick, about 6:15 p.m. Pottle was transported to Maine Medical […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Classes at Cape Elizabeth Middle School are expected to resume Wednesday after the school was closed Tuesday morning because of a small fire in a dryer and lingering smoke. According to a notice on the school website, the situation was handled smoothly, with teachers assisting students in the dismissal process. All the […]

FALMOUTH — Two police officers, an office administrator and a newspaper reporter walk into a supermarket. No, it isn’t a joke, but the contents of the shopping carts are certainly funny: 33 cans of tuna, 30 bottles of shampoo, an entire cart of toilet paper, more soap than you can shake a night stick at. […]

CUMBERLAND — Call it a sign of the times: people who donated food to the local food pantry in the past are now in need of the food it provides. But despite the increased demand, the Cumberland Food Pantry remains stocked for anyone to come and get a helping hand, thanks to a wide variety […]

FALMOUTH — While some people want to earn a million dollars when they sell a CD, Con Fullam wants to raise a million meals. The Windham producer recently released “The Amazing Music of Mainers, Volume One,” which features songs by 26 Maine musicians, including Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, “American Pie” composer […]

PORTLAND — About 60 percent of Peaks Island residents who participated in a straw poll on Saturday supported launching another effort to secede from the city. But there are questions about the validity of the survey. Peaks Island Councilor Sid Gerard said registered voters voted 122-80 to secede from the city. Fifty-eight cast their votes […]

PORTLAND — Deering High School girls’ ice hockey and the Portland High School literary magazine are among organizations hit by $60,000 in mid-year cuts to co-curricular activities. Superintendent James C. Morse Sr. said the reductions are an administrative response to a School Board directive to find savings and do not require any further approvals. Morse […]