BRUNSWICK — Town councilors Tuesday unanimously decided they will appoint five people to the police station subcommittee, despite concerns there was inadequate public notice of their intent. The subcommittee’s job is to help research potential locations for a new police station. Several residents expressed displeasure that there was no formal legal notice regarding the anticipated […]

BRUNSWICK — Town councilors on Tuesday night voted against lifting an overnight parking ban on Longfellow Avenue from Harpswell Road to Coffin Street. The ordinance to regulate parking in the area was created in 2000 after complaints about overnight parking. It forbids street parking between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. Earlier this year, complaints about […]

BRUNSWICK — A majority of town councilors encouraged a citizens group  to continue to research the possibility of creating a dog park. Brunswick Area Recreation for Kanines (sic), or BARK, has been working with the Parks and Recreation Department to develop a plan for a park that would allow off-leash dogs on a piece of municipal […]

TOPSHAM — Issues raised by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection prompted Omega Wellness Group to pull its site plan, shoreland zoning and conditional use applications for Bowdoin Mill from Tuesday’s Planning Board agenda. A public hearing had been scheduled on Omega’s proposal, which includes a 5,000-square-foot expansion of the Red Mill, additional parking, working […]

BATH — Prepare to cross into “The MOHIBA Zone.” This year’s performance of the classic Morse High School Bazaar talent show spoofs the equally classic TV show “The Twilight Zone,” complete with its own Rod Serling-like host. The 81st MOHIBA will be held at the high school’s Montgomery Theater, 826 High St., at 7 p.m. […]

FREEPORT — The 2010 draft version of the Comprehensive Plan has been updated to include a new energy conservation section and to promote environmentally friendly practices. Town Planner Donna Larson said some of the differences between the 1994 Comprehensive Plan and the draft 2010 plan relate to affordable housing, diversity of jobs and businesses, protecting […]

Falmouth Sgt. Kevin Conger adjusts a new bullet-proof vest on K9 Maxi as Wayne Robichaud, of Oxford, looks on. Robichaud and his family raise money to purchase police dog vests through collection tins at various businesses throughout Maine. Robichaud’s daughter, Jennifer, began the program in January 2009 as a high school project. The family has […]

FALMOUTH — A column in the October issue of the Falmouth High School student newspaper has received more attention than the author may have intended. Lee Larson, a high school junior, wrote the opinion piece for the student publication, The Mast, in support of retaining town ownership of the Plummer-Motz and Lunt school buildings. Larson […]

YARMOUTH — A conceptual proposal to build a four-lot subdivision at 475 North Road was presented to the Planning Board at a workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 10. According to a letter sent to Vanessa Farr, Director of Planning and Development, from engineering firm BH2M of Gorham, the parcel is located on the eastern side of […]

POWNAL — A 5-year-old boy of Pownal died Sunday afternoon while playing in a hole created by an uprooted tree on Merrill Road. According to information released by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, the tree had blown over in last week’s windstorm and created a hole. The boy’s grandfather, using a chainsaw to remove the tree, […]