BATH — The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a final subdivision application for the third phase of the Wing Farm business park. While the 25-acre, nine-lot expansion will be built in West Bath, all the impact on roads will be in Bath, where the first two phases are located. The first phase is developed, while […]

BRUNSWICK — A tax rebate program for the developer of Maine Street Station is coming under increased scrutiny by the state agency reviewing the proposal. The rebate, which over 10 years would award JHR Development an average of 85 percent of property taxes collected on a proposed 54-room inn, is part of a larger development […]

CUMBERLAND — Although the Town Council voted last December to borrow up to $4.5 million for improvements to Foreside Road (Route 88), the low bid for the work will reduce the cost to between $4 million and $4.1 million, Town Manager Bill Shane said Monday. The Town Council is expected to accept the bid by Storey […]

YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth Wellness Fair has grown so much over the past five years that April 10 has been declared Maine Wellness Day.  Gov. John Baldacci signed a proclamation in March naming April 10 as Maine Wellness Day, a day to be aware of and create wellness awareness throughout the state. The proclamation states that […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — More than 200 kids will take to the stage at the South Portland High School Auditorium on Sunday, April 11, to display their talent and raise money for cancer research and treatment. The show, starting at 2:30 p.m., is the fifth annual “Perform for a Cure,” an all-youth variety show. Executive Director […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Nomination papers for the June 8 municipal election are due at the town clerk’s office on Friday, April 23. Two seats are available for three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen. Incumbent Selectman Robert Wood has taken out papers, but Selectman Anne Graham, who is running for election to the state House of […]

YARMOUTH — Fundraising has started for the second phase of improvements at Bartlett Circle, the low-income senior housing complex. The non-profit organization Yarmouth Senior Housing hopes to raise nearly $315,000. Bartlett Circle was created by a group of nine Yarmouth citizens concerned about their parents’ living situations in 1975. Since then, the housing complex has been […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Call it a kilty pleasure. On Saturday, April 10, the Maine Military Museum Annex will host an event honoring Maine Tartan Day, a celebration of Scots and Scots-Americans in Maine. The event will feature bag pipers, living historians, a parade of colors and, of course, shortbread. Organizer Dianne Bergstedt said about a […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen next week will decide which warrant items to send to Town Meeting. Among the items are amendments to the Highlands’ three tax increment financing districts and proposed code of conduct and code changes related to Town Meeting. The board held a public hearing on those amendments April 1. The Highlands […]

BRUNSWICK — Nestor Gil is admittedly conflicted about 1959, Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. On the one hand, Gil, an artist doing a two-year fellowship at Bowdoin College, can appreciate Castro, who for 50 years has thumbed his nose at the United States, holding on to power despite assassination plots and coup attempts. But […]