BRUNSWICK — The Town Council’s first dive into the fiscal 2011 budget revealed potential sticking points on Monday, as some councilors advocated to restore targeted jobs and service reductions, while others called for deeper cuts. Although the potential for a reduced workforce and services has been discussed for the last several weeks, Monday’s debate took […]

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday accepted a bid from Storey Bros. Excavating for improvements to Foreside Road (Route 88). Six councilors supported the decision, while Councilor Shirley Storey-King abstained. The company’s $3.79 million bid, plus construction administration and inspection as well as paving and construction contingencies, sets the project cost at $4.15 million. The […]

FREEPORT — After working for nearly 10 years to develop programs that would reduce interpersonal violence and support the healthy development of adolescent boys, Layne Gregory will step down as executive director of Boys to Men and hand the reins to Drew Wing of Freeport. The nonprofit organization Boys to Men, located at 565 Congress […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council is poised to fast-track this year’s Capital Improvement Plan so workers can take advantage of the early construction season. Although the council typically approves the CIP in June, City Manager Jim Gailey asked to bump up that vote to Wednesday, April 21. Gailey presented a $4.3 million CIP to […]

Janis Eckeberg, right, strikes her gongs in time with other members of Inner Tapestry Sound Healing while visitors to the Yarmouth Wellness Fair enjoy the therapy. The fifth annual fair was held Saturday, April 10, at Rowe School and included more than 40 exhibitors, demonstrations and seminars.

YARMOUTH — Nomination papers for the June 8 municipal elections are available at the town clerk’s office at Town Hall. There are two Town Council seats, two School Committee seats and one seat on the Water District Board of Trustees to fill. All are three-year terms. The two seats available on the Town Council are […]

BOSTON — Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson has just left the stage, after singing a few songs and entertaining the crowd of roughly 1,500 still on the Boston Common, gathered for the Tea Party Express rally. The rally was scheduled to end at 1 p.m. It began at about 10, and featured former Alaska […]

PORTLAND — A federal judge Tuesday denied a student’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented her from being punished under the Yarmouth High School honor code. The 16-year-old student – identified in court documents only by the initials S.F. – and her parents filed a lawsuit challenging the code last week […]

CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday to move third-graders from the Drowne Road School to the Mabel I. Wilson School next year and find a new use for the Drowne Road building. Recommendations from the district’s Sustainability Task Force include seeking proposals for possible uses of the school that […]

PORTLAND — City Councilors lauded the schools Tuesday for the effort put in to a $90 million budget proposal, despite a 1.3 percent proposed increase in spending over this year. The police chief at Tuesday’s Finance Committee meeting also presented the council with options to keep two patrol officers on Peaks Island during summer weekends. […]