YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth Children’s Garden enters its fourth season with a celebration scheduled for Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to noon. The event will begin with a parade around a portion of the three-acre garden on East Main Street, about a mile beyond Estabrook’s and just before the Transfer Station. The Start of the […]

YARMOUTH — The Town Council swore in new members and appointed leadership for the coming year on June 10. Councilor Jeff Darrell will serve as chairman and Councilor Tom Renehan was named vice chairman. New Councilors Steven Woods and Tim Sanders were sworn in. On the School Board, David Ray will continue as chairman and […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough Public Library is launching its annual Summer Reading Program on Thursday, June 24, at 3 p.m. with a free public performance of a favorite children’s tale, “Jack and the Beanstock and the Two-Headed Ogre.” The play is being performed by the Little Red Wagon, a theater troupe of the University of […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The high school National Honor Society raised nearly $2,500 to donate to Sustainable Harvest International this year. The students are advised by Ginger Raspiller, the Achievement Center coordinator. She said each year the students brainstorm a list of potential charities and research the top five or six candidates more thoroughly. Then, the […]

SCARBOROUGH — The School Board unanimously approved a contract for new high school Principal Dean Auriemma at its last meeting. Auriemma will replace Patricia Conant, whose contract was not renewed after the board met to discuss the issue in an executive session in February. Conant could not be reached for comment. The new principal’s two-year […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The city may allow tattoo and body-piercing parlors and medical marijuana dispensaries in some neighborhoods, if the consensus reached in June 14 workshop is upheld. “This is our sin night,” Mayor Thomas Coward quipped during the workshop. The City Council imposed a six-month moratorium on construction of medical marijuana dispensaries in February. […]

Jane Campbell takes her lunch break at the peony garden at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth, where a variety of the flowers are in bloom. The plants are the legacy of conservationist David Moulton, who collected more than 200 varieties during the first half of the 20th century.Peonies at the Gilsland Farm Audubon […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Fort Williams Park will continue to be free for visitors after the Town Council on June 14 unanimously voted against charging parking fees. The council also voted 6-1 against pursuing tour bus fees in the 2011 season. Councilors reversed their Feb. 8 vote for a pay-and-display parking system in the wake of a […]

TOPSHAM — The new exhibit at the Topsham Municipal Building is a nod to the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. The 100 Main St. exhibit, open through the summer during business hours, features a variety of people and places. There is the image of the S. S. Pennsylvania with Capt. George Rogers […]

BRUNSWICK — More than 50,000 books, tapes, CDs, DVDs, puzzles and games will be available during the annual Curtis Friends Book Sale. The sale will be held June 25-27 at the Brunswick Junior High School gymnasium. All proceeds benefit the Curtis Memorial Library. The sale is organized by the Curtis Friends, a 600-member group that […]