SCARBOROUGH — Six candidates are competing for three seats on the Town Council in this year’s election. Three of them, including two incumbents, are campaigning for two three-year seats. Three others, including familiar and unfamiliar faces, are seeking to complete the final year of a term left vacant by the resignation of former Councilor Shawn […]

BRUNSWICK — Only one of the three School Board seats up for grabs this November is contested. Incumbent Byron Watson takes on Rich Ellis in District 1. Brenda Clough in District 2 and incumbent Janet Connors in District 6 are both unopposed. District 1Rich Ellis Ellis, 42, moved to Brunswick as an infant after his […]

TOPSHAM — The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously recommended zoning changes that would allow medical marijuana dispensaries as a conditional use in two parts of town. The amendments, which now go to the Board of Selectmen, define a dispensary and dictate where and when it can operate. Maine limits the number of dispensaries to one […]

BRUNSWICK — A public hearing will be held Monday, Nov. 8, on a petition to overrule the Town Council’s decision to borrow money to purchase property for a new police station. The Town Council voted unanimously Monday to schedule the public hearing. The panel passed an ordinance Sept. 20 that authorized borrowing $1.175 million to […]

TOPSHAM — Voters on Nov. 2 will decide whether to ban new cellular communications towers in some residential neighborhoods. The ban, retroactive to April 1, was sought by a petition that garnered 556 certified signatures. The Board of Selectmen voted in July to send the matter to referendum. Residents of the Heights neighborhood who spread […]

FALMOUTH — After a schedule change took effect two weeks ago, the Friends of the Falmouth Flyer ramped up effort to try to get people to ride the bus. The citizen group is trying to increase ridership by developing neighborhood bus-stop centered groups and by offering discounts for those who “shop and ride.” The bus-stop […]

BRUNSWICK — Voters in District 6 have two Town Council candidates to choose from at the Nov. 2 election. Incumbent Councilor Margo Knight is being challenged for her seat by Scott Taylor. District 6 includes Maine Street from Fort Andross to Maine Street Station to the north end of McKeen Street, and also portions of […]

FALMOUTH — Police charged four teenagers in connection with the theft of approximately 40 street and construction signs in town. Police Lt. John Kilbride said several of the stolen signs were dumped at night at the Public Works Department after an article about the thefts appeared in The Forecaster in early September. “It was caught […]

Matt Tuttle bolts together a section of the new play area at the Center for Grieving Children in Portland on Sunday, Oct. 17. Kids Crooked House, Seabreeze Property Services and Hancock Lumber teamed up to turn a section of parking lot at the organization’s home at 555 Forest Ave. into an outdoor active play area […]

CUMBERLAND — A plan is in the works to build nearly 70 new homes and a mixed-use commercial building in the center of town. A neighborhood meeting will be held Thursday, Nov. 4, to discuss the proposed master development plan for the Doane property and the Public Works Department and school bus facilities. The approximately […]