FALMOUTH — The Long-Range Planning Advisory Committee is preparing to draft an approximately 100-question survey of businesses and residents that will aid the committee in creating a new Comprehensive Plan for the town. The town issued a request for proposals for a survey company to help the committee draft, organize and present the survey to […]

PORTLAND — Did you ever park at 189 Park Ave. for a Portland Sea Dogs game and wonder about The Iris Network? Did you know that Helen Keller hosted this agency’s first fundraiser in 1907? The Iris Network has a long history of innovation and commitment to its mission of helping Mainers who are visually […]

YARMOUTH — About a dozen residents offered the Town Council feedback on the draft 2010 Comprehensive Plan at a public hearing on Oct. 7. Town Manager Nat Tupper gave an overview of the plan and highlighted a few changes the council would like to see implemented, then opened the floor to public comment. Resident Sharon […]

Firefighter Stacey Bernier and his daughter Robin, 2, check out a kid-friendly exhibit at the Portland Fire Museum on Spring Street on Saturday, Oct. 9. Bernier came over on Engine 4 from the Bramhall Station for the seventh annual museum open house, sponsored by the Fire Department and the Portland Veteran Firemen’s Association.

BRUNSWICK — A petition that seeks to overrule the Town Council’s recent decision to borrow money to buy property for a new police station has secured the required signatures. The petition signatures were submitted to the office of Town Clerk Fran Smith on Sunday, the day they were due, Smith said Tuesday. Former Town Councilor […]

TOPSHAM — For the second time, Democrat Denise Tepler is challenging a re-election bid by Republican Rep. Kerri Prescott in state House District 60. Both of the candidates emphasized the importance of stimulating Maine’s job sector. Kerri Prescott Prescott, 46, is seeking her third term. A second degree black belt, she has three children and […]

BATH — Former legislator Robert Winglass and Michael Clarke, a firefighter, are running for the state House District 62 seat vacated last spring by Bath Democrat Thom Watson. Watson was prevented by term limits from seeking re-election to the House. He left six months before the end of his fourth and final term to work […]

BATH — With Barbara Trott stepping down as Sagadahoc County registrar of deeds, Judith Stevens of Woolwich and Jennifer DeChant of Bath are running for the four-year office. Jennifer DeChant DeChant, 42, is married and has two children. She was chairwoman of the Sagadahoc County Democrats from 2000-2004 and has also served as treasurer of […]

Scott and Meredith Rousseau and their kids Jackson and Caroline check out one of Falmouth’s fire trucks during an open house Oct. 9 at Central Station on Bucknam Road.Benjamin Kyles, 2, stares in awe at the equipment at Falmouth’s Central Station as his dad, Damon, looks on.Luc Nahrstadt, 18 months, gets a kick out of […]

FALMOUTH — Members of two churches planning a relief trip to Honduras next February recently hosted a woman from that country. Marisela Araujo, solidarity program director with the Honduras-based Christian Commission for Development, spent nearly 10 days speaking with students at Falmouth schools, attending the Foreside Community and Falmouth Congregational churches, and spreading the word […]