SCARBOROUGH — More than 100 residents packed the standing-room-only Town Council Chambers for the first public hearing Thursday, Feb. 25, on Superintendent David Doyle’s proposed $34.3 million School Department budget. The proposal for fiscal 2011 would eliminate 43 jobs to help reduce the current $35.1 million budget by nearly $786,000. A vote to accept the […]

Last week’s Page 2 story, “South Portland city manager to present budget trimmed by $1.4 million,” should have said the current municipal budget is $27.5 million.

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College will host two noted speakers next week. Educator, author, socialist and political activist Angela Davis will visit the campus at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall, for “A Conversation with Angela Davis.” The talk is presented by the Bowdoin Africana Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies programs and […]

About 100 teachers, school staffers and parents assembled at the RSU 1 School Board meeting in West Bath on Monday night, Feb. 22. They silently protested the lack of success in contract negotiations, holding signs reading” Still No Contract” and “175 days without a contract,” and left the meeting after about 15 minutes.

Scarborough senior Heather Carrier raises the championship plaque while her classmates exult after winning a first-ever regional basketball title on Feb. 20 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. The Red Storm take on Skowhegan in the Class A state game on Saturday, Feb. 27. Sports, Page 13.

CAPE ELIZABETH — The town manager’s proposed municipal budget for fiscal year 2011 contains no overall spending increase and a three-cent reduction in the property tax rate. Town Manager Michael McGovern said the $8.5 million budget would maintain current services and employment, and the same level of spending as fiscal year 2010. The spending plan […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The superintendent of schools presented a $39.4 million budget proposal Wednesday night that includes the elimination of 31 jobs. Superintendent Suzanne Godin’s budget would require 29 layoffs, including four teachers, nine assistant coaches, two Central Office staffers and a nurse. Five special education positions are also proposed for elimination, along with several […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A showcase of gay-friendly wedding services finally had its day on Tuesday, Feb. 23, more than three months after it was originally scheduled. The event dubbed a “spectacular soiree” for attendees of the Downeast Pride Alliance, a local network of gay-friendly businesses, was originally scheduled for Nov. 4, 2009. It was originally […]

All eyes and hands were on the prize after Falmouth won its first Western Class B boys’ basketball title Saturday afternoon, Feb. 20, at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. The Yachtsmen will meet Camden in the Gold Ball game Saturday in Bangor. More in Sports, Page 13.

SOUTH PORTLAND — In a city known for big-box stores and the Maine Mall, which is filled with national retailers, visibility can be difficult for locally owned small businesses. But a group of merchants are hoping to change that by launching South Portland Buy Local on March 16 at the Snow Squall restaurant. South Portland […]