CAPE ELIZABETH — Less than a year after a doctor, a lawyer and an advertising executive started working together, their restaurant called the Local Buzz will be officially open for business on June 17. The three owners are Jamie Wagner, an attorney with a solo law practice in Portland; Dr. Samir Haydar, who practices emergency […]

Falmouth second-graders perform a dance to the song “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” during a morning expedition to Maine State Ballet on June 1. They had the opportunity to learn dance moves, try on ballet costumes, learn about the history of dance and sing along to famous show tunes with professional ballet teachers. The company often includes local students […]

SCARBOROUGH — Ninth-graders Evon Li and Sorenda Muth fell into the mud for science. The two girls were part of a class trip into the Millbrook and Nonesuch watersheds to test the mercury levels of various animal and soil samples in the area. While they did find high levels of mercury in a few samples, […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — With temperatures hovering in the 70s, the city’s winter parking ban is perhaps the furthest thing from people’s minds. That is, unless you’re Willard Street resident Zoo Cain. “I love this town,” Cain said. “But there are some things, like this, that send me through the roof.” Cain and Councilor Rosemarie De […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough Farmers’ Market will open on Sunday, June 6, in the lower parking lot of the high school. It runs weekly from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until the last harvest in late October. This is the second year for the market, which features vendors from around southern Maine. “The community has […]

TOPSHAM — It took only half an hour to complete the first phase of approval for the fiscal 2011 School Administrative District 75 budget. With little comment, voters approved the nearly $34.8 million spending plan on May 27 in the first of two of two budget votes. A budget validation referendum will be held Tuesday, June […]

Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia have joined in a friend-of-the court brief in support of a father whose son’s military funeral attracted anti-gay protestors.

They are among eight young people to be honored for their dedication to education despite significant challenges.

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council adopted a $53.4 million spending plan for fiscal 2011, a budget that includes laying off two high-profile municipal employees. The two employees, Vanessa Levesque, the natural resources planner, and Craig Worth, the deputy director of Public Works, led to a divided 6-3 budget vote, as separate attempts to restore the […]

BATH — Voters in the four Regional School Unit 1 communities gave initial approval to a nearly $25 million fiscal 2011 budget on Monday. The spending plan now goes to a budget validation referendum on Tuesday, June 8, for final approval. Next year’s budget reflects a decrease of more than $133,000, or 0.53 percent, from […]