FREEPORT — A campaign that would force a referendum on whether to keep emergency dispatch service in town is about 200 names shy of the required signatures with a week left in the petition process. Town Clerk Beverly Curry said 417 people had signed the petition as of Tuesday, May 18. But 626 signatures are […]

Former football star Ben Grant-Roy leads St. Joseph’s into the Div. III New England baseball regional.

Karen Baldacci, Maine’s first lady, begins the annual Read With Me campaign at Hall Elementary School in Portland on Tuesday, reading to a group of kindergarten students from this year’s featured book, “The Circus Ship” by Chris Van Dusen. The program’s goal is to improve literacy and reading skills among the state’s youngest students.

FALMOUTH — The Maine Civil Liberties Union is challenging a Town Council resolution passed last week in response to “abusive, bullying and threatening” language directed at councilors. In a May 12 letter to the council, the MCLU said the resolution and proposed council rule changes will restrict free speech. The exact wording of the rule […]

FALMOUTH — Despite protests from the chairman of the Harbor and Waterfront Committee, the Town Council last week unanimously accepted a list of harbor management implementation steps suggested by the committee. The council, however, removed what committee Chairman Steve Archambault said were the three most important recommendations. “When I first saw the list, I said, […]

FREEPORT — Pownal and Freeport could be in line to benefit from natural gas being transported from Canada and northern Maine. With final approval expected from the Pownal Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals within a few weeks, residents, businesses and schools in Freeport and Pownal would be able to hook up to the […]

Editor’s note: Part of a series by the non-profit Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting examining the claims and records of some of the leading candidates for governor. Elizabeth “Libby” Mitchell has enjoyed a highly successful legislative career: first woman elected speaker of the House, third woman elected president of the senate and the first […]

YARMOUTH — Write-in candidates are emerging after the April 26 deadline to submit nomination papers passed with only one Town Council candidate submitting papers to be on the June 8 ballot. Steve Woods was the only resident to return papers for one of the two available Town Council seats. The seats will be vacated by […]

FALMOUTH — Voters will elect three town councilors and two School Board members on June 8. There are five candidates for the council and four for School Board. Here’s where they stand on some of Falmouth’s most significant issues. Town CouncilBarbara DiBiase Barbara DiBiase moved to Falmouth from Portland in 2002 and is originally from […]

FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Trustees will send a $23.4 million budget for fiscal 2011 to the annual budget meeting on May 26. A total of $65,400 was added to the budget on May 12, including $60,000 for the contingency fund and $5,400 to fund library books. The increase in funding […]