YARMOUTH — Three months after a federal lawsuit unsuccessfully challenged the high school’s Extra Curricular Honor Code, a group of students, parents and teachers are revising the code. The April lawsuit accused Yarmouth High School administrators of violating a student’s constitutional rights after they punished her for allegedly breaking the code. Although the U.S. District […]

FALMOUTH — Town Council Chairman Tony Payne does not believe a proposal to create a town center by moving the library and Town Hall to the Plummer-Motz and Lunt schools is a good idea – and apparently he’s not alone. This spring the town surveyed 95 people during a public meeting where a plan to renovate […]

FALMOUTH — Memorial Library is hosting a “Library Sundae” on July 11 from 1-4 p.m. One of the main events will be valve-cover racing, a sport gaining popularity throughout the U.S. and Canada; this is the only race in the greater Portland area. Essentially, the racetrack will have two lanes that begin on an incline. […]

CUMBERLAND — After celebrating completion of the first phase of its veterans monument in May, the town hopes to raise enough money to finish the project in time for Memorial Day 2011. The 4-by-8-foot stone, which currently stands in Moss Side Cemetery on Main Street, recognizes “all Cumberland residents who have served our country in times […]

PORTLAND — The fifth annual Hidden Gardens of Munjoy Hill is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 11. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., participants will be able to tour 11 private gardens and the Fort Allen Trail. The self-guided tour starts at the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization building, 92 Congress St. Advance tickets […]

YARMOUTH — A Mercy Hospital express care facility could be open on Route 1 by next April after the Planning Board unanimously approved the project on June 23. Vanessa Farr, the town’s director of planning and development, said the proposal went through a few alterations, but the final plan meets the needs of the staff and […]

FALMOUTH — After 34 years and four months, the swing set is coming down, the pool will be emptied and the last carrot sticks will be eaten. Charlotte Tukey, who has cared for between 800 and 900 children, is retiring and closing Auntie’s Daycare. What will she miss the most? The noise. “On Sunday nights […]

PORTLAND — A year’s worth of work by the Charter Commission has resulted in major recommendations to change the way city government works. The Charter Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday, July 8, on sending its recommendations to voters in November. The biggest change the commission is recommending is switching to an elected, full-time mayor. […]

PORTLAND — LearningWorks, the West End-based education and community organization, is looking for help to fund its after-school program following an unexpected loss in federal grant money. LearningWorks (formerly Portland West) is the recipient of a five-year federal grant for its  program aimed at struggling third-, fourth- and fifth-graders. The agency is one of more […]

PORTLAND — Naked nights will be coming soon to Peaks Island – just in time for the balmy weather. Starting July 12, Westbrook-based theater troupe Acorn Productions will bring Naked Shakespeare to the Inn on Peaks Island. Producer Michael Levine, an island resident, said between six and seven actors will make use of both the […]