SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday will consider outlawing pellet guns, sling shots, bows and arrows and other weapons on public lands and roads. The proposed ordinance would also make it illegal for people to use those weapons anywhere in the city – even on private property – except at authorized shooting galleries or in […]

YARMOUTH — Entries for the second annual Yarmouth Art Festival are being accepted through Friday, Sept. 24.  The juried show will be held Wednesday, Oct. 20, through Saturday, Oct. 23, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. […]

FREEPORT — The 12th annual Fall in the Village Art and Music Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 18. Visitors can view work by more than 100 artists, sample local food and hear live music. There will be live music performed by Matt Fogg, The Sam Anderson Band, Rattleboxx, Gunther Brown and Sara Cox from […]

FREEPORT — Nominations for the award given annually in memory of Carol Kaplan, the former General Assistance administrator, are now available through Freeport Community Services. Residents of Pownal and Freeport can submit a nomination form to FCS by calling 865-3985 or visiting 53 Depot St. by Oct. 14. Nominees should have demonstrated a positive effect […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A new political action committee hopes to harness the energy of dozens of parents and residents in an effort to convince voters to approve a $41.5 million bond to rebuild South Portland High School. RenewSPHS on Tuesday evening hosted the first of two advocate-training sessions. The nearly three-hour session began with a […]

YARMOUTH — Safe Passage, a nonprofit organization created to help impoverished at-risk children in Guatemala, is hosting a local, global and virtual 5K race on Saturday, Sept. 25. The sixth annual Esperanza 5K will take place in Brunswick at Bowdoin College, in Cumberland at Greeley High School, and in South Berwick, Windham and Waterville. There […]

YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth Rotary Club will meet on Monday, Sept. 20, at 7 a.m. at the Downeast Village Restaurant, 705 Route 1. Guest speaker Kerry Galivan will discuss his iPhone application, which provides a tour of Acadia National Park.

CAPE ELIZABETH — A dozen residents spoke against a proposed pay-per-bag waste disposal system at a public hearing on Monday, Sept. 13. Inconvenience, unfair costs and disguised taxes were mentioned as reasons they oppose the proposal. In creating goals for 2010, the Town Council planned to consider a pay-per-bag system of waste disposal as a […]

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council is scheduled to vote whether to adopt the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program at its next meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 22. Through PACE, Efficiency Maine administers a revolving loan fund that finances improvements in energy efficiency, such as solar panels and efficient heating systems and insulation. The program is fueled […]

FREEPORT — The Historical Society is seeking images and photographs for the Freeport Heritage Trail interpretive sign program scheduled to launch this fall. The organization welcomes any images relating to the Old First Parish Meetinghouse and Cemetery in print or drawing, and any imagery related to the Means Massacre or an early illustration relating to […]