YARMOUTH — The Planning Board will meet at the Town Hall Community Room on Saturday, Nov. 6, at 9 a.m. for a series of public site walks.  The board will leave at 9:15 a.m. and visit three locations: 571 Princes Point Road, Hillside Street and 749 North Road.

YARMOUTH — Live and silent auctions of crafts made from Herbie, the 217-year-old Elm tree that was cut down in January, will be held Saturday, Nov. 13. The “Tree for All” event will include music, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar from 5-9 p.m. at Delorme Map, at 2 Delorme Drive . Tickets are $20 per […]

FALMOUTH — The Town Council will hold a special meeting for a site walk of Lowell Farm and Hadlock Forest properties on Sunday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. The purpose of the meeting, which will begin at the Highland Lake boat launch, is to evaluate the forestry management techniques used at Lowell Farm. Those techniques […]

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, emerges from a voting booth at Falmouth High School on Tuesday.

A story last week should have said Seacoast United Soccer Club has agreed to build two turf fields in Freeport. In addition, it will donate 424 hours of free outdoor field time the town, not the Regional School Unit 5 sports teams.

YARMOUTH — A Maine Conservation Corps field team is inviting the public to participate in a water bar construction and bog bridge project at Spear Farm on Bayview Street. Safety equipment and tools will be provided by the MCC and there is no minimum time requirement to volunteer. To learn more about the project, contact […]

South Portland Police Officer Rocco Navarro was treated for a concussion after his parked cruiser, with lights flashing, was rear-ended by a pick-up truck Monday, Nov. 1, shortly before 11 a.m. on the Casco Bay Bridge. The crash forced the Portland-bound lanes to be closed for several hours. Navarro was stopped behind a disabled car […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — In an election that wasn’t tallied until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, voters re-elected incumbent Town Councilor Frank Governali and elected political neophyte Caitlin Jordan to the Town Council. Kim Monaghan-Derrig and write-in candidate Michael Moore were elected to the School Board. Moore defeated another write-in candidate, Fredrick Sturtevant, 902-180. Four residents competed for […]

BATH — Democrat Michael Clarke edged out former legislator Robert Winglass, a Republican, on Tuesday to become the next representative from House District 62. In Senate District 19, incumbent Democratic state Sen. Seth Goodall of Richmond defeated Republican David Kaler of Bath. Clarke won the House seat, which covers part of Bath, by a vote […]

BATH — Mari Huoarti Eosco and Ruthe Pagurko won re-election to the City Council on Tuesday, while Steve Brackett claimed a third seat. Eosco defeated Bryce Payne 364-215 in Ward 5, while Pagurko edged out Cal Stilphen in Ward 7 by a vote of 356-294. In a contest for the at-large seat being relinquished by […]