YARMOUTH — The Herbie Project will sell green and kiln-dried elm wood from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at J.D. Sullivan & Sons in New Gloucester on Saturday, June 26. This wood is the least stressed and top quality. The kiln dried wood is $10 per board foot. The wood is from Yarmouth’s 217-year-old American elm […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday unanimously approved its five-year Capital Improvement Program, but not before learning that $50,000 could be added to the cost of renovating a building at 35 Union St. The building is the new home for People Plus, a retirement services provider displaced by the Maine Street Station project. The […]

SCARBOROUGH — Drivers along Black Point, Broadturn, Payne and other busy Scarborough roads may notice new signs appearing over the next few weeks. The Scarborough Rotary Club and FairPoint Communications have teamed up with the police department and Police Explorers program to install house numbers along the roadside to help emergency personnel quickly locate homes. […]

BRUNSWICK — The group hoping to bring world-class botanical gardens and a park to Brunswick Naval Air Station is reshuffling its plans to acquire property at the decommissioning military facility. The Brunswick Park & Gardens group last week learned that the Federal Aviation Administration had voiced concerns over a proposal to build gardens and a […]

Karen Ela from Back Street Bistro won first place in the Wait Staff Challenge for her seating, serving, and racing through the maze agility and time at the Taste of Brunswick June 19. In addition to some fun competition, the event was a chance for Brunswick restaurants to showcase their cooking.

BATH — The City of Ships rings in Independence Day weekend again this year with its 38th annual Heritage Days celebration. The downtown event begins Friday, July 2 and will feature an assortment of games, music and crafts, as well as its crowd-drawing parade. Heritage Days wraps up Monday, July 5 with fireworks. The parade will […]

Maine’s Franco-Americans are the focus of a new book by Dyke Hendrickson. “Images of America: Franco-Americans of Maine” is a photographic essay with historic narrative describing the Franco-American experience during the 20th century, published by Arcadia Press. Many of the book’s 1,000 photographs have never before been published. For Hendrickson, the book is a logical […]

SCARBOROUGH Belinda’s Ride a benefit The 2010 Belinda’s Ride will kick off at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lifestyle Fitness Center, 29 Pleasant Hill Road. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and riders will travel to Bentley’s Saloon in Arundel and The Backstreet Grill in Sanford before ending at Memory Lane Music Hall in Standish. Saturday’s motorcycle […]

FAMILYMcKusick Family, starting at 11:30 a.m. July 24, held rain or shine at Lone Elm Farm, 441 State Highway 150, Parkman, about 3 miles south of Guilford. Bring a picnic lunch and folding chair. For details, call Mark Storms at 846-9422 or 876-3126. HIGH SCHOOLHodgdon High School, Class of 2000, 6 to 11 p.m., July […]

FREEPORT — This is a summer of new beginnings for the Northern New England conference of Seventh Day Adventists. Instead of their annual camp meeting at Pinetree Academy, this year the group decided to give back to the community they have been coming to for so long. After asking local leaders and police if there […]