Amelia Aberle of Falmouth shows her 8-week-old New Zealand white rabbit at the Cumberland County Fair on Sunday.Aidan Hayes, 9, and his sister Ciara, 13, of Cumberland, enjoy one of the rides on opening day of the Cumberland County Fair on Sunday. The fair continues through Saturday, Oct. 2.The midway fills with visitors Sunday afternoon […]

BRUNSWICK – Jobs and the struggling Maine economy are very much on the minds of the two candidates seeking the state Senate District 10 seat that includes Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal. The race pits a well-known Democratic incumbent, Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, against Republican challenger Scott Thomas, who is making his first bid for elected […]

PORTLAND — Just after sunrise on Sunday, Oct. 3, 3,500 runners are expected to take to the streets for the annual Maine Marathon, Half-Marathon and Relay Marathon. The event officially begins at 7:45 a.m. on Baxter Boulevard between Forest Avenue and Preble Street, near the University of Southern Maine Portland campus, although runners with a […]

Kayden Earls wields a big stick on the wiffle ball field during Evergreen Credit Union’s Fitn’ Funathon at Skillin Elementary School in South Portland on Sunday, Sept. 19. The free, family-focused event offered the chance to try a variety of fun, physical activities.Zumba dancing brought out the fun side of Emma Perron, Brianna Hughes, Natalie […]

Connor Leonard, 10, of Bath, gets a close look at the intricacies of a dragonfly on a blade of grass during a warm afternoon last weekend at Library Park in Bath.

A story last week about a state House District 66 candidates forum should have stated Jonathan Crimmins won three Brunswick voting districts in November 2008, although he lost the election.

Hikers on Sept. 18 take advantage of the official opening of the five-mile Whiskeag Trail in Bath, which connects the Bath Area YMCA to the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust Trail.

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust will hold its sixth annual Noyes Hall & Allen Challenge Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon on Sunday, Sept. 26. The triathlon consists of a 425-yard pool swim at Don Richards Community Pool, a 14-mile bike ride and a 3.1-mile trail run through the woods behind the Cape Elizabeth […]

William Jordan, 9, of Portland, puts the finishing touches on his Santastic City of Sixteen Bridges at the second annual Sandsations Sculpting contest fundraiser for Birth Roots Perinatal Resource Center at Crescent Beach in Cape Elizbeth on Sept. 18.

CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board will meet with representatives of the Maine School Management Association next week to discuss the process of hiring a new full-time superintendent of schools. In the meantime, the board has been working to find an interim to replace Superintendent Alan Hawkins, who announced his retirement effective Dec. 31. Hawkins will […]