FREEPORT — Some high school teachers are objecting to a shift to a district-wide leadership team that they say is failing. They claim the process was flawed and the change will have a negative impact on students. The teachers outlined their concerns in an unsigned letter addressed to Superintendent of Schools Shannon Welsh, members of […]

FALMOUTH — The Town Council delayed a vote Monday on the library space needs resolution after a consultant’s final report came in late on Oct. 22, after the council agenda was published. The report by consultant Nolan Lushington presented a recommended range of net usable space to add, from 13,000 square feet to 15,300 square […]

FREEPORT — L.L. Bean has submitted a plan to the Project Review Board to demolish the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream shop on Main Street and creating a pedestrian plaza with brick walkways, landscaping and seating.  The proposal includes building a new, 1,300-square-foot Ben & Jerry’s store behind Abercrombie & Fitch, the former Bartol Library […]

FREEPORT — The eighth annual Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival will take place at L.L. Bean on Saturday, Oct. 30. There will be live music, pumpkin carving, a whoopie pie eating contest, costumes, prizes and other activities. Children can explore a Pumpkin House and see thousands of jack-o’-lanterns on display. All proceeds will benefit Camp Sunshine, […]

YARMOUTH — The Town Council held a second public hearing on the 2010 draft Comprehensive Plan and completed the review process on Thursday, Oct. 21. Councilors are expected to hold a final public hearing and vote to adopt the plan in early December. The plan was presented to the council by the Comprehensive Plan Steering […]

WINDHAM — Two candidates are vying for a four-year seat as Cumberland County Commissioner in District 3 on Election Day: Incumbent Malory Shaughnessy of Windham and Susan Witonis of Casco. District 3 includes the towns of North Yarmouth, Pownal, New Gloucester, Freeport, Brunswick, Harpswell, Windham, Baldwin, Sebago, Raymond, Casco, Naples, Harrison, Bridgton and Gray. Malory […]

PORTLAND — Five Maine women have been chosen to compete for a $10,000 grand prize in the second Hood New England Dairy Cook-Off at the Ocean Gateway terminal in Portland on Saturday, Oct. 30. Amateur home cooks Jessie Grearson of Falmouth, Danica Schroth  of Freeport, Kathleen Joyce of Falmouth, Deborah Frank of Westbrook and Kelly […]

FREEPORT — Passenger rail advocates last week assured residents who live near the railroad tracks that noise won’t be a problem when the Amtrak Downeaster starts regular service. Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, and Paul Pottle of the Maine Department of Transportation, told a public meeting on Thursday, […]

The state Senate District 8 story in the Oct. 20 edition should have said candidate Peter Doyle would propose a local return of one-fifth of the state sales tax contributed by Portland.

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council voted Monday to hold a public hearing Nov. 8 on a proposed 180-day moratorium on gravel pits and water extraction sites. The discussion was scheduled after Elvin Copp and his son, Randy Copp, said they intended to seek a permit for a pit on land Elvin owns off Upper Methodist […]