FALMOUTH — In response to what some councilors called threats and bullying by a Falmouth citizen, the Town Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday night that bars name-calling, personal attacks and abusive language during meetings and in correspondence. But on Wednesday, May 12, the Maine Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the council condemning […]

PORTLAND — Voters overwhelming supported Portland’s fiscal 2011 school budget on Tuesday, but were narrowly divided about whether to continue the budget validation process for another three years. Question 2 was gridlocked at 1,002 votes on each side until the final precinct, St. Pious, reported its results at 9:51 p.m. In the end, voters decided […]

Portland police amend their plan, restricting only the most dangerous predators from living near schools.

 This year’s Dirty Dozen list is a good tool for shoppers looking to avoid pesticides in their fruits and vegetables, but bad news for blueberries. For the first time, the guide compiled by the Environmental Working Group includes the much-touted superfood on the list. The fruit clocks in at No. 5, ahead of nectarines and […]

Trout fishing season in Maine usually starts on April 1 and runs all summer, but this year we had such a warm spring that “ice out” in ponds and lakes happened earlier than usual. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the agency in charge of stocking Maine waters with trout, decided to open the […]

FALMOUTH — Neighborhoods may soon be a little darker, with 174 street lights proposed to be turned off and removed by July 1. The reduction is part of the recently approved fiscal 2011 budget. “These were part of the cuts to keep the mil rate the same this year,” Budget and Purchasing Director Randy Davis […]

YARMOUTH — The only contested race in the June 8 municipal election will be for the Water District Board of Trustees. Incumbent William Reinsborough and challenger Patricia Ramsey are vying for a seat on the five-member board. While there are two, three-year seats available on both the Town Council and School Committee, only three people […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — A two-person race for a seat on the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors is North Yarmouth’s only contest in the June 8 election. Martha Leggat of Mountfort Road is challenging Lufkin Road resident Virginia Dwyer for the seat, which Dwyer has held for one, three-year term. Two seats are available on […]

Editor’s note: First of a two-part series by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting examining the campaign resumes of the candidates for governor. Next week: the Democrats. One candidate says the Navy gave him a medal for spying on the Soviets. Another tells a Dickensian tale of leaving home at age 11 and living […]

FALMOUTH — The Community Facilities Planning Committee on Monday presented its final plan for a “civic campus” proposed for the Plummer-Motz and Lunt school buildings when the School Department moves out in June 2011. The plan includes moving Falmouth Memorial Library into an expanded version of the Lunt building, moving the Town Hall to the […]