YARMOUTH — Reed Wommack was named a 2010 United States Presidential Scholar on May 3 by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Wommack, a senior at Yarmouth High School, is one of 141 high school seniors nationally who were chosen for their exceptional academic achievement, artist excellence, leadership, citizenship and service at school and in their […]

FALMOUTH — Participation in school sports is about to cost parents more than the price of cleats, helmets and gloves. The School Department is proposing to charge high school students $175 for most teams they play on, and $100 to participate in indoor and outdoor track, in a pay-to-play program that aims to preserve the […]

Christopher Fitzgerald, Donald Holder and Linda Lavin are nominated for Broadway’s top awards.

YARMOUTH — When math teacher Paul Lamson-LaPlume organized the high school’s first robotics team this year, he expected the students to take away tips for next year and have fun. He did not expect them to win the state championship and a trip to the world competition. “I figured they would have an opportunity to […]

FALMOUTH — On a humid, spring morning Caleb Hemphill tilted his right ear toward a quiet, insect-like buzzing in the distance. “Hear that?” he asked. “That’s the blue-winged warbler. It’s a really unusual bird for southern Maine and we’ve got some here.” Hemphill is an avid birder, but said even he was surprised by the […]

People of all ages walked a four-mile loop from the Martin’s Point Health Care offices on Washington Avenue through Payson Park and around Baxter Boulevard on Sunday, May 2, for the annual March of Dimes March for Babies. The Portland fundraising walk, which attracted several hundred participants, was one of several throughout the state.

CAPE ELIZABETH — Rachel Piper has single-handedly organized an environmentally friendly five-kilometer road race to support local business, help raise non-profit awareness, and benefit the Endangered Species Coalition. An avid runner, mother and business owner, 41-year-old Piper has carved out time to create a green road race. When she was laid off after 17 years as […]

PORTLAND — Night work along an eight-mile stretch of the Maine Turnpike started this week and is expected to continue throughout the summer. The Maine Turnpike Authority said in a press release that residents and businesses between Mile 44 in Scarborough and Mile 52 in Falmouth may experience some noise from the work, which is […]

PORTLAND — A public celebration of former congressman and longtime federal appeals court Judge Frank M. Coffin will take place Saturday, May 8, at 1:30 p.m. at the University of Southern Maine Abromson Community Education Center on Bedford Street. Coffin, a resident of South Portland, died last December at 90. He was one of the […]

PORTLAND — A charter for Cumberland County that has been two years in the making is ready for public review, as its drafters prepare to send the document to a November vote. The Cumberland County Charter Commission was elected in November 2008 to create a charter for the county, which has been operating for 250 […]