BRUNSWICK — The committee overseeing a comprehensive vision document for the downtown area will hold a series of workshops beginning June 15. The work sessions are sponsored by the Project for Public Spaces, an international non-profit. The sessions will focus on several issues, including how to connect Brunswick neighborhoods with the downtown; enhanced vehicle, bicycle […]

Members of the South Portland High School Class of 2010 cheer their graduation at the end of commencement on Sunday, June 6, in the school gym. Weather forced the ceremonies inside for the first time since 1998.

BATH — The United Methodist Church at 340 Oak Grove Ave. will host a Vacation Bible School the week of July 19-23. This program is for children age 5 to 12 and runs each day from 9 a.m. to noon. It will feature games, crafts, stories, outdoor activities and snacks. Call the church at 443-4707 to […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Resident Ellie Baker, a graduate of the University of Maine and University of Maine School of Law, will lead the search committee for the next president of the UMaine System. Earlier this year, UMaine President Robert Kennedy announced his intention to step down from the position in June 2011. Baker, a UMaine […]

The Spruance, the 33rd Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyer to be built by Bath Iron Works, gets in the water for the first time on Sunday, June 6, after being christened the day before. The ship is named for Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, who commanded the aircraft carrier battle group at the World War […]

As rush-hour traffic goes by on Broadway, protesters gather at Mill Creek Park in South Portland on June 8 to protest offshore oil drilling and BP’s handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tuesday was the 50th day of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

PORTLAND — A North Yarmouth teenager who was struck by a car June 9 in Gray was listed in critical condition again Tuesday morning, according to a hospital representative. Delilah Talon was initially listed in critical condition when admitted to Maine Medical Center in Portland last week. Her condition improved to serious on Thursday, June 10, […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Planning Board has recommended the Town Council approve a fifth amendment to the contract zoning agreement between the town and N.E. Expedition, the owners of the Cabela’s plaza on Payne Road. The amendment would allow additional signs and drive-through restaurants, as well as craft fairs and outdoor sales. The initial public hearing […]

SCARBOROUGH — Thanks to the technology he helped make available to Maine school children, a launch party for the town’s new historical website was visited by a special guest Tuesday evening. Former Gov. Angus King attended the Maine Memory Network’s “They Called it Owascoag” website launch via the video chat program Skype, on a laptop […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The city could soon be the landlord for a film- and video-production studio. Officials have been negotiating a lease with a small group of film-industry investors led by Cape Elizabeth resident Eric Matheson who want to establish a sound stage in the former National Guard Armory on Broadway, at the foot of […]