BRUNSWICK — Road crews will begin resurfacing sections of Route 1 south on May 24. The project will begin at the Cooks Corner exit ramp and continue south to Mill Street. Due to high volumes of traffic, all of the work will be done at night, between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., Sundays through Thursdays. […]

FALMOUTH — Construction will begin Monday, May 24, on the Route 100 (Gray Road) highway overpass near West Falmouth Crossing and the Maine Turnpike spur. Both lanes will remain open as much as possible, Maine Turnpike Authority officials said, although there may be times when traffic will be restricted to one lane, controlled by flaggers. […]

SCARBOROUGH — Several town councilors took the opportunity Wednesday to express their views on voters’ rejection of the school budget, possibly foreshadowing discussion at the May 24 first reading of a new budget.  “I didn’t interpret this as a vote of validation that we should spend more,” Councilor Michael Wood said. The 987 Scarborough voters […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Town Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a 3 percent increase in salaries for all Fire Department and EMS employees. Firefighters and EMS workers did not receive a raise last year. The new contracts contain a no-layoff clause that would prevent the town from laying off any firefighters or EMS staff for the […]

TOPSHAM — Voters approved an $8.14 million municipal budget Wednesday at Town Meeting. They slashed more than $150,000 in spending and approved a tax increase of nearly 6.5 percent. The approximately four-hour meeting at Mt. Ararat High School drew 246 of the town’s more than 6,800 registered voters. The initial $8.29 million budget, recommended by the […]

Young biker riders met at the Village Park on Saturday, May 15, for the first Falmouth Rolls Bike Fair and the opportunity to learn bicycle safety and have their rides and helmets checked by experts. Here, 3-year-old Erica Roussel leads a line of tricycle and bicycle enthusiasts around the course, with the help of a […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Finance Committee has sent the fiscal 2011 school budget to a Town Council public hearing scheduled for Monday, May 24. The School Board’s $20.7 million budget was approved 5-2 by the committee, which includes all town councilors. Councilors Jessica Sullivan and Anne Swift-Kayatta were opposed. Committee Chairwoman Sara Lennon said council […]

TOPSHAM — The agency overseeing the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station is seeking a trade zone that would shelter imported products from federal tariffs. The Foreign Trade Zone was pitched by Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority officials as a business-attraction tool that would give companies competing in the global marketplace an incentive to establish manufacturing […]

BRUNSWICK — Business advocates hope an upcoming athletic event will create a marketing and business opportunity, too. The three-day USA Track & Field Region 1 Junior Olympic Championships will be held at Bowdoin College’s Whittier Field from June 25-27. Organizers are expecting about 1,000 athletes – and their families – from New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode […]

TOPSHAM — Voters in School Administrative District 75 will gather next week to cast the first of two votes on the district’s fiscal 2011 budget. The nearly $34.8 million spending plan will be decided at a district budget meeting at the Orion Performing Arts Center at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 27. A budget validation referendum is […]