YARMOUTH — The Sons of AMVETS Post #2 will sell holiday trees next to the fire barn on North Road starting Monday, Nov. 29.  Trees will be on sale Monday through Friday, noon to 7:30 p.m. and on Sundays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The $35 donation for each tree will benefit veterans and their […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Nearly $200,000 in grants will allow the city to hire an additional police officer, outfit another police cruiser with automated license plate readers and switch to an automated parking ticket system. The city was recently awarded nearly $170,000 in a U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services grant, as well as […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday unanimously approved a three-year contract with the city manager and adopted an incentives-based wellness program for nonunion employees. The three-year contract, effective through Nov. 14, 2013, increases City Manager Jim Gailey’s annual salary to nearly $110,000 a year plus benefits. His prior contract paid nearly $100,000. In […]

SCARBOROUGH — An ophthalmology practice is proposing a 40,000-square-foot medical building at the corner of Route 1 and Greenacres Lane in a residential neighborhood. Maine Eye Center, which is currently at 15 Lowell St. in Portland, is asking the town to change the zoning of the six-acre parcel from residential to bio-medical. During a public […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community College presented scholarships to seven Fire Science students in recognition of their academic performance and community service. The scholarships total more than $1,500. Thomas Ginn, a second-year Fire Science student from Calais, received the 2010 Chet Wiles Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship provides financial assistance to a fire/rescue department member […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation awarded  more than $23,300 in grants for professional development, technology, composting and recycling, and art and literature programs. Claire Depke, CEEF board member and grants chairwoman, shared information about the awards with the School Board at its meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 9. She said there were 12 […]

CUMBERLAND — A podiatrist was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 17, by drug enforcement agents on a charge of possessing cocaine. Dr. John B. Perry, 49, was arrested by Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents in his car near his 365 Main St. home. He was also charged with violating bail conditions from an April charge of operating […]

BRUNSWICK — The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority intends to issue up to $24 million in bonds for two tenants at the redeveloped Brunswick Naval Air Station. When the property is transferred to MRRA from the U.S. Navy, it will be renamed Brunswick Landing. MRRA Executive Director Steven Levesque said MRRA will issue tax revenue bonds […]

HARPSWELL — After more than two years, residents on Saturday will once again be able to traverse the one-of-a-kind cribstone bridge connecting Bailey and Orr’s islands. A ceremony is planned Saturday at 11 a.m. Scheduled guest speakers include Maine Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner Bruce Van Note, Maine Historic Preservation Commission Director Earle Shettleworth and […]

BATH — Power outages blamed on heavy rain and strong winds on Wednesday forced officials to close three schools. Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent William Shuttleworth said classes were cancelled at Dike-Newell Elementary School and the Bath Regional Career and Technical Center. While some of Morse High School had power, Shuttleworth said, the cafeteria did […]