CAPE ELIZABETH — Great Falls Construction is not only rebuilding the the Cookie Jar bakery, it is also financing the rebirth of the Shore Road business. Todd Rothstein, project manager for Gorham-based Great Falls, said former Cookie Jar owners Donna and Tom Piscapo will still run the business. “Everything will be the same,” Rothstein said. […]

FREEPORT — ReVision Energy of Portland will host a tour showcasing solar energy installations in Freeport, Yarmouth and Falmouth on Saturday, May 1. Starting at 9 a.m., residents can begin the tour at Falmouth High School, where a wood boiler, solar hot water system and solar electric systems will be installed at various municipal buildings. The […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Town Clerk Debra Lane is encouraging residents to vote in person on Election Day because of a complicated June 8 ballot. The ballot includes primary elections for governor, a state bond referendum, an advisory municipal referendum on parking fees at Fort Williams Park and the school budget validation. “This election is unusual […]

PORTLAND — A representative of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will hold office hours in Freeport, Pownal and New Gloucester on Monday, May 10. The Portland-based staffer will provide residents assistance on federal issues and will be prepared to answer questions on topics such as Social Security, veterans affairs and citizenship and immigration. In Freeport, the […]

SCARBOROUGH — Liquor lawbreakers beware: there’s a new badge in town. A task force of police officers from Scarborough, Saco and Old Orchard Beach last week checked 43 businesses that sell or serve liquor in the three towns to see if they were properly checking identification and not selling alcohol to minors. The operation resulted […]

BRUNSWICK — It’s Ivies Weekend at Bowdoin College. For many students that means music, house parties and the seemingly ubiquitous plastic cups and water bottles – the alcoholic contents of which are widely known, but best not flaunted, especially off campus. Students who imbibe and stray onto public property – particularly those under age 21 – […]

HARPSWELL — Deadlines have been set for the town’s new sign ordinance, including grandfathering for signs that complied with the old rules and those that didn’t. Residents adopted a new ordinance at March Town Meeting, loosening some restrictions on signs businesses can erect, and establishing a new appeal process. The new ordinance is already in […]

FREEPORT — Discussion at Tuesday night’s Town Council meeting suggests Freeport is the subject of a complaint at the Maine Human Rights Commission. The complaint was reportedly prompted by the procedure being used to collect signatures to overturn the Town Council’s decision to move emergency dispatch to Brunswick. Under the Town Charter, the petition must be […]

PORTLAND — Two positions targeted to be cut in the city’s proposed budget received strong support Tuesday evening from members of the public, who told the Finance Committee both jobs are vital. Residents weighed in on the $196 million fiscal 2011 city budget proposed by City Manager Joe Gray. It includes the elimination of more […]

YARMOUTH — A federal lawsuit that accused Yarmouth High School administrators of violating a student’s constitutional rights after they punished her for allegedly breaking the school’s honor code has been dismissed. Michael J. Waxman, the lawyer for a 16-year-old high school junior and her parents, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on April 8. The […]