TOPSHAM — The Topsham Fair is rolling out its 156th year of “farm fresh family fun” beginning Sunday, Aug. 8 and running through Saturday, Aug. 15. On Sunday at 7:30 p.m. the ‘80s tribute hair band Twyce Shy rocks the stage, and fans of a different style of music can catch the Wild Horse Country Band […]

FALMOUTH — Tommy Bazarian is already a modern day Renaissance man.  Bazarian is 17 years old and about to enter his senior year at Falmouth High School, where he plays tennis, enjoys singing and dancing on stage, and plays in the concert and jazz bands. But the most exciting thing for him has been the […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Historical Society will hold its annual fundraiser on Saturday, August 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Historical Society Museum on Route 1 near Fire Station 6. The flea market will feature antiques and collectibles, books, clothing and jewelry, all collected and donated in the past two months. “One woman […]

HARPSWELL — The federal agency proposing new floodplain maps will meet with residents to discuss new flood zones that have already been assailed by other communities as inaccurate. The Sept. 2 meeting is between town officials, residents and regional officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It comes amid FEMA’s controversial changes to the floodplain, […]

WOOLWICH — Regional School Unit 1 staff plunged shovels into the earth Tuesday morning to commemorate the demolition of most of the existing Woolwich Central School and construction of a new one. The new Nequasset Road facility, which should be complete by May 2012 and open for classes that September, will measure approximately 66,000 square feet, […]

The ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star sees the second Lewiston fundraiser eclipsing the $1 million raised last year.

BRUNSWICK — An earmark within a congressional bill funding health and education could provide $425,000 in start-up funding for the Southern Maine Community College’s campus at the redeveloped Brunswick Naval Air Station. The proposed earmark, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, is included in the House of Representatives version of the 2011 Labor, Health, […]

PORTLAND — The city is adding more free on-street parking for mopeds and motorcycles. Last year, 31 spots were created on the peninsula specifically for two-wheeled motorized vehicles. The spaces were added in no-parking areas and spots that were too small for cars to park. City Councilor Kevin Donoghue said the designated parking for mopeds […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Nearly 1,000 women are registered to take part in the third annual Tri for a Cure on Saturday, Aug. 15. The majority of them, race director Julie Marchese said, have never participated in a triathlon. “Each year, 85 percent of our women have never done a triathlon before,” Marchese said. “This has […]

Ella Metivier, 4, and her little brother, Evan, 2, of Falmouth, practice surf casting during the Kids’ Fish & Fun Fest benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Portland on Saturday, July 31, at East End Beach. The event was held in conjunction with the Casco Bay Anglers Club Striper Hunt Tournament.