SOUTH PORTLAND — A teachers contract approved last week by the School Board will expand benefits to domestic partners and add a day to the 2011-2012 school year. The two-year contract will not give teachers raises next year, but will provide salary increases the second year. Superintendent Suzanne Godin said this is the first time […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A new public works building and City Hall are among the City Council’s top priorities for major facility improvements. After two years of discussing major capital priorities, the council got down to the business of formally ranking them Monday night in a special workshop. Building a new public works and transportation facility, […]

  BATH — The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to investigate whether the city was involved with a letter sent in support of the McMann Field artificial turf project that voters ultimately rejected. Council discussion of the matter followed the referendum vote the day before, where Bath residents voted 1,522 to 861 against the city borrowing […]

Want to feel like a kid again? Board a propane-powered school bus Sunday and you’ll be shuttled to three different elementary and middle schools. But when you get off the bus, instead of facing a crossing guard, you’ll be greeted by gourmet chefs ready to school you in the pleasures of fresh local foods. Rippling […]

The GOP gubernatorial winner isn’t afraid to speak his mind, most say, but his blunt style could be a handicap, say critics.

YARMOUTH — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced that Msgr. J. Joseph Ford will be an administrator of Sacred Heart in Yarmouth and St. Jude in Freeport beginning Sept. 1. This will be in addition to Ford’s current assignment as administrator at Holy Martyrs in Falmouth and St. Gregory in Gray. In addition, the […]

Freeport High School Class of 2010 Marshals Lucy Whitacre and Eric Wold lead their classmates into the high school gymnasium at commencement on Sunday, June 6.

BRUNSWICK — A bar owner who has been fighting an attempt to revoke his liquor license in Portland plans to open a new establishment on Maine Street. Thomas Manning, who is challenging the Portland City Council’s decision last year to revoke his liquor license at the Cactus Club in the city’s Old Port district, will […]

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, holds up a page for students to see during a visit to Lunt School in Falmouth on June 3. Collins was invited to read to he second-grade class by Kevin Grover, Maine’s teacher of the year.

Yarmough High School senior Erica Paul gets some help with her cap prior to graduation ceremonies Sunday, June 6, at the high school. Yarmouth High School