SCARBOROUGH — The residents of Cranberry Pines Road are hoping to end at least 30 years of debate over what to do about the private road. The 13 homeowners have asked the town to loan them $210,000 to repair the road, an amount that will be split up and paid back to the town with […]

SCARBOROUGH — Students and staff who spend their days in Wentworth Intermediate School took a deep breath, and had a collective sigh of relief last week after tests for mold came back at safe levels. The tests come on the heels of high levels of mold in the aging school building’s utility tunnels, which were […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council and School Board on Monday caucused to choose their respective leaders. The School Board voted unanimously to elect Ralph Baxter as the 2011 chairman, and the Council voted 4-3 to elect Rosemarie De Angelis as the city’s mayor. Both panels will take their formal votes during the inauguration ceremony […]

FALMOUTH — In 1995 the American Legion Hall on Depot Road was kept dark with the shades drawn most of the time. For Arthur Frederiksen, a World War II U.S. Army veteran, that simply would not do. “Before 1995, this place was pretty run down. There wasn’t much going on,” Frederiksen said. So American Legion […]

FALMOUTH — The town has added an additional curbside leaf bag collection day to the season, which had officially ended on Nov. 4. The additional pick-up day will be on Thursday, Nov. 18.

FALMOUTH — The town has received more than $17,000 from the Maine Municipal Association for its 2009 workers compensation loss ratio. The town’s loss ratio, or amount paid for insurance versus amount actually paid out, was 8.8 percent, significantly below the 40 percent or less objective set by MMA. In fiscal year 2008, the town […]

With senior Luke Pierce (who scored twice) atop the pile, the 2010 Class B boys’ soccer state champion Yarmouth Clippers celebrate a 5-0 win over Ellsworth Saturday morning. It was Yarmouth’s fourth championship since 2004. Falmouth soccer senior captains Allie Lycan, left, and Jamie Sabo smile with the Class B championship gold ball Saturday afternoon. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Board on Monday voted unanimously to extend Superintendent Suzanne Godin’s contract for another three years, even though her current contract doesn’t expire until June 31, 2011. The new three-year contract, which takes effect July 1, 2011, was not immediately available, because it was still being drafted. But board member and […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough Economic Development Corp. will host a public meeting in the Council Chambers on Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. to unveil a conceptual plan for a project on Elmwood Drive. Currently, the town is considering a zoning change, from a residential zone to a bio-medical research zone, for the six-acre Maine Department […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Paul LePage’s gubernatorial win last week left a vacancy in the city’s human resources department. City Manager Jim Gailey said Human Resources Director John McGough resigned from his city post late last week to become LePage’s chief of staff. McGough took a personal leave of absence from his city job in August […]