FREEPORT — Residents may be focused on a proposal to consolidate dispatch services as a way to save money, but Town Manager Dale Olmstead has provided other options to fill a $366,000 gap in the operating budget for fiscal year 2011. In a document posted on the town Web site, Olmstead lists more than 20 ways […]

YARMOUTH — A draft version of the 2010 Comprehensive Plan has been released after four years of working to update and restructure the 1993 document.  The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee gathered input from the community through surveys, workshops and a series of subcommittee meetings. The public planning process helped shape the new version of the town’s […]

BRUNSWICK — The School Board met with the town’s legislative delegation Feb. 25, a week after the board’s chairman blamed the contingent for doing too little to curb an estimated $2.8 million cut in state aid. The work session was scheduled to discuss ways to deal with the projected cut, part of $73 million Gov. […]

BATH — A Morse High School student’s play about a dying woman and her daughter is hitting the stage during the Regional One-Act Play competition this weekend. Madelaine Whalen’s play, “Make Believe,” will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, March 5, at Windham High School. Whalen, a junior, tells of the final months of Helen, a sixth-grade […]

FALMOUTH — The Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday to grant conditional approval to Norway Savings Bank to relocate to 266 Route 1, the site where a vacant Mobil service station now stands next to the Foreside Tavern Restaurant. Norway Savings Bank Chief Financial Officer Brian Shibles said the service station will be torn down, and […]

Cheverus senior Indiana Faithfull (center) and his teammates receive the Gold Ball after defeating Edward Little, 55-50, for the Class A state title Saturday night. It was the Stags’ second championship in three seasons. More in sports, page ?

PORTLAND — About 100 people turned out Tuesday night to hear a panel of marine industry and tourism experts discuss the competing needs facing the heart of Portland’s waterfront. The panel discussion is the first of two meetings scheduled for this week, as the Planning Board considers changes to zoning for the Central Waterfront, including […]

CUMBERLAND — By just 26 votes, residents on Tuesday approved a $4.5 million bond to improve Route 88, upholding a Town Council decision from last December. Voter supported the bond 941-915 during Tuesday’s referendum. Thirty-two percent of Cumberland’s registered voters took to the polls, producing the fourth largest special election turnout since 1988. Town Manager Bill […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Police are looking for three people suspected of stealing $125,000 worth of jewelry from the Maine Mall on Monday. Police Sgt. Steve Webster said in a press release that two black men and a black woman were part of an elaborate theft scheme to steal jewelry from GM Pollack & Sons at […]