BATH — The Winter Street Center will host a lecture Sunday, Oct. 17, on how the American kitchen has evolved over the past 400 years. Nancy Carlisle will draw on the book she recently co-authored with Melinda Nasardinov, “American’s Kitchens,” to describe the social and technological changes that have taken place in the kitchen since […]

Onlookers applaud and snap photos last Saturday as Regional School Unit 1 students who spent their summer building the shallop Jane Stevens launch the craft last weekend in Bath. One of their goals was to build support for the Maine’s First Ship project.

Emily Boyle, 5, left, and her brother, Quin, 10, dance with their scarecrow on the Custom House lawn in Bath on Saturday afternoon during the annual Autumnfest. Visitors, vendors and performers filled downtown Bath for a wide variety of festivitiesAurora Jamison, 4, of Bath, gets creative with a pumpkin at the “Fields for the Future” […]

BRUNSWICK — The Tedford Shelter announced it has taken on administration of the Warm Thy Neighbor community home heating assistance program. The program, which will be part of the shelter’s homeless prevention work, was established by Sallie Smith five years ago to respond to the rising number of at-risk families who need help keeping their […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council unanimously approved spending up to $40,000 to update the Fort Williams Master Plan and to develop a study of the park. The funds will be appropriated from the general fund undesignated surplus for the Fort Williams Capital Fund. Councilors agreed Wednesday that a conceptual study that would identify the […]

SCARBOROUGH — Anyone buying used personal items to sell may soon have to obtain a permit from the town if a new secondhand dealer’s ordinance is approved by the Town Council. The ordinance, which mirrors state law, would require every business that purchases used personal property with the intent to sell to document the seller’s […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — A second resident has launched a write-in campaign for a seat on the School Board. Michael Moore, 39, of Manter Street, is a self-employed investment analyst. He graduated from the University of Georgia, is married and has three children. Moore is a member of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, volunteer and board member […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Voters on Nov. 2 will be asked to borrow $41.5 million to renovate and expand South Portland High School. The bond is being sought because there is no state funding to address facility problems that have earned the school a warning from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges that its […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — There are four candidates competing for two at-large seats on the City Council. Incumbent Tom Blake is finishing his first, three-year term on the council and is seeking re-election. Councilor Linda Boudreau cannot run because of term limits. Residents Albert DiMillo, Alan Livingston and Donald Russell are all seeking to either unseat […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — There are three School Board seats to fill on the Nov. 2 ballot. All of them are uncontested. Board Chairman Richard L. Carter, of Thompson Street, is running unopposed in District 1, which represents the east end, and Sarah Goldberg, of Pine Street, is the only candidate in District 2, the Knightville-Mill […]