HARPSWELL — Town officials are encouraging residents potentially affected by federally revised floodplain maps to be proactive. The message comes as the town gears up to appeal portions of the new flood designation proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Harpswell, like several other municipalities, is arguing that some of the data the agency used […]

Late-summer blossoms brighten a gray, drizzly day on Monday in Portland’s Deering Oaks Park.

FALMOUTH — By unanimous consensus Monday, the Town Council killed a plan to eliminate street lights throughout the town as a cost-saving measure initially included in the fiscal 2011 budget. The plan targeted 174 street lights for elimination, with a goal of turning off 135 of the lights by July 1 for a projected savings […]

FREEPORT — The country’s only science and leadership semester school for girls will welcome its second class on Sunday, Aug. 29. Administrators and staff have been busy preparing for their arrival at the Coastal Studies for Girls farmhouse on Wolfe’s Neck Road. Executive Director Pam Erickson said the second class will be as ethnically, socioeconomically […]

Colette Bouchard of the Bayside Neighborhood Association had the honor of officially opening the Bayside Trail on Aug. 19 at the Elm Street Plaza off Marginal Way. The $6.4 million project, funded by federal grants, city grants and privately raised money, was build on a neighborhood brownfield. Representatives from the city of Portland, the Bayside […]

CUMBERLAND — The Planning Board will hold a workshop sometime next month with the Town Center Advisory Committee to discuss a proposed zoning change for part of Main Street. After hearing the proposal at its Aug. 17 meeting, the Planning Board opted to table the matter and hold off sending a recommendation to the Town Council, […]

YARMOUTH — With the help of the Maine Green Energy Alliance, Yarmouth could be one of a few Maine communities to participate in a residential energy upgrade program. The Yarmouth Energy Savers committee has been working since 2007 to investigate and offer recommendations to reduce the use and consumption of energy and fuels for municipal […]

FALMOUTH — While most college students live in dorms or share tiny apartments with roommates, students in Southern Maine Community College’s Fire Science program spend their college years living in fire stations. “I love it,” said Zach Tooker, 19, who lives in the West Falmouth station. “It’s pretty sweet. You’re there if the truck rolls […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — “The Town Where Others Began” is the place to be this weekend for the annual North Yarmouth Fun Day and the inaugural Family Triathlon. All Fun Day events on Saturday take place on the Village Green on Route 115. A pancake breakfast will be held at 7:30 a.m., followed by the Fun Day […]

FALMOUTH — The long-simmering debate over whether to create a new town center heated up at Monday night’s Town Council meeting after library trustees announced they would not support a November bond referendum for the project. “The Falmouth Memorial Library board is concerned about moving ahead at this time because the details of the recommendations […]