TOPSHAM — The eighth annual Tour de Merrymeeting Bay on Saturday, Aug. 14, offers 25- and 50-mile rides along water views and scenic vistas in Topsham, Bowdoinham, Richmond, Dresden, Woolwich, Bath, West Bath and Brunswick. Proceeds from the rides help support Topsham’s Head of Tide project on Cathance Road. The 50-mile trek will take off at […]

SCARBOROUGH — Heather Sirocki announced this week she will run for the House District 128 seat currently held by Peggy Pendleton, D-Scarborough. Sirocki, who is a dental hygienist and receptionist, was selected by the Town Republican Party, filling a void left when previous candidate Lynda Griffith pulled out of the race. Sirocki is president of […]

TOPSHAM — Among changes in School Administrative District 75 in the 2010-11 school year will be a full-day teacher program in kindergarten, Superintendent Mike Wilhelm said last week. Elementary schools across the district have run a program where kindergarten students work with a teacher half the day and an educational technician the other half. “Early intervention […]

TOPSHAM — The 32nd annual Maine Highland Games will be held at the Topsham Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 21. After being held for two decades at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, the games have moved to facilitate expanded activity. The fairgrounds are 1.2 miles from Interstate 295 Exit 31. The event will run from 8 a.m. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Akeen Cruz, 20, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 10, by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and charged with trafficking in crack cocaine and violating the conditions of his release. According to the Scarborough Police Department, Cruz is the boyfriend of Megan Waterman, 22, and was questioned in the investigation into […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Construction of Eastman Meadows, the town’s first new condominium complex in a dozen years, is underway. “From 1998 to the present there have been zero condominiums built,” Town Planner Maureeen O’Meara said. “But there have been a decent amount of other projects, single-family homes and buildings.” “The amount of development changes with the […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council has scheduled a public hearing on Sept. 13 to give residents the chance to discuss a proposed pay-per-bag trash disposal system. The council and the Recycling Committee continued their discussion of the plan in a workshop on Monday, Aug. 9. The council reviewed handouts and comparisons of Cape’s recycling […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Town Council will consider amendments to the Town Charter at its meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 18. Many of the changes are clerical and for clarification purposes. However there are several substantive changes, including the addition of a provision that would give residents the opportunity to recall councilors through a petition and referendum […]

SCARBOROUGH — In addition to increasing the school day by 25 minutes, the Scarborough School Department is also welcoming several new faces into administrative and teaching positions for the new school year. Dean Auriemma will take over as principal of the high school. Auriemma was previously the principal of several schools in the Chicago area. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Election Day may be about 12 weeks away, but this fall’s field of potential candidates is already taking shape. A handful of residents have taken out nomination papers from the City Clerk’s office since the forms became available on July 28. Three residents have taken out papers for two at-large seats on […]