BRUNSWICK — A long-rumored proposal to swap Bowdoin College’s McLellan Building for the soon-to-close Longfellow School could result in a new municipal headquarters, and potentially factor into the town’s police station site search. The idea of a swap surfaced two years ago when a Town Council subcommittee explored options to solve its facilities issues. Rumblings […]

BRUNSWICK — A historic preservation board’s recent decision to block demolition of an abandoned building on Cleaveland Street has forced stakeholders in a long-awaited intersection improvement plan to consider alternatives, including an outright appeal. The Village Review Board on July 20 voted 3-2, with one abstention, to deny Bowdoin College’s request to raze 4-6 Cleaveland […]

BRUNSWICK — The town is being asked to help seal a deal to bring a major anchor tenant to Brunswick Naval Air Station. On Monday, the Town Council initiated a $400,000 grant application on behalf of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority to help fund facility improvements for Kestrel Aircraft. The start-up company is headed by […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — The Board of Selectmen decided Tuesday to seek the Recreation Commission’s opinion about allowing some degree of hunting at Old Town House Park. The commission is scheduled to meet on Monday, Aug. 2. Ideas suggested at the workshop, attended by selectmen, commission members and hunters, included requiring park hunters to obtain a town […]

YARMOUTH — As a way to encourage residents to take more active roles in state government, Rep. Melissa Walsh Innes, D-Yarmouth, is inviting constituents to submit ideas for her to present in the next legislative session in January. Through her “There Ought to be a Law” contest, Innes hopes to engage the public in state […]

PORTLAND — Ruth’s Reusable Resources began in Ruth Libby’s basement after her oldest son’s kindergarten teacher sent a note home asking parents to save household items that could be used in school craft projects. Now heading into its 17th school year, the “3R’s” serves schools throughout southern Maine from a store at 39 Blueberry Road […]

CUMBERLAND — Through Work of Heart, psychotherapy has moved from the couch to the horse. The non-profit organization offers equine-facilitated psychotherapy and experiential learning. It is run by Louise Poppema of Cumberland, Barbara Doughty of Brunswick and Nancy Coyne of Litchfield. Work of Heart’s first workshop, “Horse Power and Inner Peace: Horses as Mentors,” will be […]

YARMOUTH — The school Policy Committee will meet Aug. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Central Office to consider proposed revisions to the Yarmouth Extra Curricular Honor Code. The School Committee will have a first reading of the revised policy on Thursday, Aug. 26. The Policy Committee may review it once more before the final […]

A sunflower basks in the warm afternoon light as the sun begins to set on the North Street Community Garden on Munjoy Hill in Portland.

FALMOUTH — Despite a citizen petition requesting more time to explore other options, a referendum question asking voters if they want to spend $9.5 million, including a $4.5 million bond, to move the Town Hall and library to the Plummer-Motz and Lunt school buildings may be headed for the November ballot.  The Town Council discussed […]