YARMOUTH — As part of an expanded summer education program at North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth High School teacher Xiao Chunzhi will stay in Maine a few weeks longer than expected to teach students Chinese before returning to her family in China. Xiao said she is happy to teach the students at NYA, and is looking forward […]

YARMOUTH — Mercy Hospital wants to build a more than 10,000-square-foot medical center on undeveloped land some call the town’s southern gateway. But the project faces opposition from members of the community who are concerned the proposal ignores the town’s vision for Route 1 development. According to developer Nathan Bateman of Bateman Partners, the proposed one-story […]

FALMOUTH — Candidates for Town Council and School Board are distancing themselves from a political flier distributed last week. The flier, partially written by school and council critic Michael Doyle, includes figures for a gym teacher’s salary and the school system’s per-pupil costs, as well lists of candidates to support and oppose. Doyle said he […]

YARMOUTH — Only 55 of the town’s nearly 7,400 registered voters attended Tuesday’s Town Meeting and ratified the school and municipal budgets. They approved 27 articles on the meeting warrant, including a $19.5 million school budget and $10.5 million municipal budget. Residents voted by secret ballot as required by state law, and passed an article […]

Taylor’s Grove is performing locally and has a contract to record a CD.

Our family enjoyed a cookout on the water this Memorial Day weekend. Boating season is upon us here in the Lakes Region. We anchored off an island aboard Moonrise, our converted pontoon boat. Food really does taste better out on the water. It took about three years to build this craft, a few hours at […]

YARMOUTH — Yarmouth Senior Housing was awarded a Community Development Block Grant to help renovate and expand the Bartlett Circle community center. Margaret Downing, president of Bartlett Circle, said the grant was awarded to the town on behalf of the non-profit organization. She said the organization will receive $165,000 to help complete Phase II of […]

PORTLAND — People who want to properly dispose of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications can bring them to the University of New England Portland campus this Saturday. The medication collection drive, sponsored by several groups including Portland Public Health and the Portland Police Department, runs from 8 a.m. to noon on June 5 at 716 […]

FALMOUTH — The Falmouth Lions Club celebrated its 60th anniversary on May 27 at the Portland Country Club, with 87 people attending, including some international Lions Club members. “We wanted to make it big and special,” Club member Polly Burke said. “We had a lot of past presidents there. The people who were international members […]