SCARBOROUGH — First Congressional District candidate Dean Scontras will speak at Town Hall on Thursday, April 8, at 7 p.m. Scontras, a Republican, will discuss the economy.

BATH — Bath United Methodist Church will park a truck in front of City Hall on Tuesday, March 30, with more than 50 large boxes of food collected by church members to benefit the Bath Area Food Bank. The church is offering members of the community a chance to add to the collection effort. The truck […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The high school advanced placement government class will host a debate Tuesday, March 30, with three of the Republican gubernatorial candidates. Candidates participating are Steve Abbott, Mark Jacobson and Bill Beardsley. Two students will act as moderators and the debate will be run in the style of the Cleaveland Club Forum. Audience members […]

Summer-like temperatures on March 20, the first day of spring, meant a 45-minute wait at Fat Boy drive-in in Brunswick. But it didn’t deter Aaron Tufts and Dave Donnelly and their wives, who enjoyed the top-down weather.

CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board has held four budget workshops in two weeks, and is continuing to work through three budget scenarios for the 2011 school year. Superintendent Alan Hawkins gave a financial update at the March 23 meeting, and said due to reductions in health insurance costs and an increase in state subsidy, the […]

SCARBOROUGH — The School Board on March 18 approved a revised budget that restores more than $460,000 to the superintendent’s proposed budget. The budget includes funds for several positions originally scheduled to be cut and asks for a 3.87 percent increase in taxes. The state recently increased the subsidy the school will receive by nearly […]

SCARBOROUGH — There’s good news for people looking to raise chickens or grow vegetables in their backyards. The Town Council voted unanimously last week to send a list of proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance to the Planning Board for review. The amendments would ease restrictions on farming in residential districts and create new definitions […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Plans to bring an arts studio and cafe to Willard Square have been put on hold. Instead, an old house at the corner of Preble and Willow streets, once envisioned as a cultural center for local artists, is expected to become a two-unit residence, according to Planning and Development Director Tax Haeuser. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — When firefighter Jeff Rogers slid down the pole at Central Station Wednesday morning, he wasn’t on his way to a fire. Instead, the 42-year-old Scarborough resident was gearing up for the first day of shooting for an animated film that will be nationally distributed to fire departments and schools during National Fire […]