SOUTH PORTLAND — The new sound barrier may be providing some residents with some much needed quiet from the Interstate 295. But the recurring acts of graffiti are giving city leaders and law enforcement a headache.  Since being constructed last winter, the 3,500 foot long wall has been tagged twice by vandals. In each case, […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The town will begin a pavement rehabilitation project July 6 on Route 77 between Wentworth Road and the Inn by the Sea. Once construction begins, the project is estimated to take four to five days to complete, according to Public Works Director Robert Malley. Malley said slight delays are to be expected, […]

SCARBOROUGH — Student athletes and those active in co-curriculars will be required to pay a fee to participate beginning in the fall. The fees for all high school sports are $100 per sport, and $50 for co-curricular activities. The fee for all middle school sports are $75 per sport and $25 for co-curricular activities. The […]

Since 1904 the fund has honored over nine thousand people for heroic action.

The deaths have sent shock waves through Amity, a farming and logging community about 200 miles northeast of Portland.

FREEPORT — L.L. Bean’s Outdoor Discovery School’s kayak and camping trips will begin this July. Interested parties will be trained to paddle, and no experience is necessary. Groups will leave from the private paddling center on Casco Bay and the tour the nearby islands. Adventurers will camp, eat steak and lobster, and learn about marine […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Historical Society invites all children ages 6-10 to play a baseball game against the Essex Massachusetts Vintage baseball team on Saturday, June 26 at 11 a.m. The game will be played by rules from the 1860’s.  Trophies from the Boston Red Sox 2004 and 2007 World Series Championships will be on […]

FREEPORT – The Freeport Historical Society will hold a summer long exhibit exploring the History of Play for children and adults. The exhibit will include toys, games and items from local attractions such as Casco Castle and the Desert of Maine, baseball uniforms signed photos and items of Ted Williams and Babe Ruth. Footage from […]

Artist Richard Keen recently created and donated a wall relief sculpture to the town of Topsham, where he resides. The sculpture will hang on a large wall in the municipal building stairwell. A former art teacher at West Harpswell School and at Mt. Ararat High School, Keen was awarded a $1,500 grant through the Maine […]

SCARBOROUGH — The School Board reinstated six teacher positions out of the 31 that were on the chopping block during a meeting on June 17. The reinstated positions were made possible when $206,000 was added to salary lines after the Town Council turned down the school’s request to purchase laptops for all high school students […]