Some estimate more than 700 million barrels worth of oil lie off the coast beneath Georges Bank.

FALMOUTH — Plummer-Motz School was closed today after a small fire blamed on a malfunctioning heater did minimal damage early Friday morning. The Fire-EMS Department said an alarm sounded at the school at 2:10 a.m. and a police officer who responded found the fire burning on a table inside the building. Firefighters who arrived two […]

SCARBOROUGH — Maine Audubon Society’s Scarborough Marsh Center is calling on nature lovers for help. The center needs volunteers May 1 through June 18 to lead nature walks through the marsh. The 3,100-acre estuary is the largest salt-water marsh in the state and is an important breeding and nesting ground for birds, fish and many […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Planning Board will go on a site walk Saturday, May 1, around Shore Road. The walk will begin at 8 a.m. The board plans to cover the length of Shore Road, from the south entrance to Fort Williams near the pond to the Town Center. The walk is expected to end at […]

SCARBOROUGH — Comedian Bob Marley will do a benefit show for the Scarborough Lacrosse Boosters on Sunday, May 2, at 6 p.m. at the Comedy Connection in Portland. Tickets to the family-friendly event are $20 each and are available by calling 774-5554 or at bobmarleycomedyshow.eventbrite.com.

The Black Thunder singers, a mostly Lakoda Souix group, perform last weekend at the third annual Wabanaki Arts Festival at Bowdoin College in Brunswick.

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SOUTH PORTLAND — A referendum on the $41.6 million school budget, approved this week by the City Council, will take place on Thursday, May 6. In addition to voting on the school budget, residents will also be asked whether they want to continue voting on the school budget for another additional three years.  Only one […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Town Council heard from 14 residents during a public hearing on the budget Wednesday evening, and most of them spoke in support of the school budget. The Finance Committee, a subcommittee of the council, has proposed a 3.95 percent increase in taxes to cover the combined $64.8 million municipal and school budgets, […]

A 100-mile-wide asteroid, located between Mars and Jupiter, is analyzed by examining light reflections.