TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 directors scheduled a Feb. 25 public hearing on the West Harpswell School closure referendum. The hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Harpswell Islands School. The referendum is March 9. While the School Board voted to close the West Harpswell School and move its students to the larger […]

BRUNSWICK — Just days after learning that rail lines in Brunswick could become a direct link to Portland, Boston and points south, the Town Council on Monday voted unanimously to turn over management of a new welcome center and train station to the Brunswick Downtown Association. The council ratified a two-year lease with the BDA, […]

FALMOUTH — No one at a Feb. 1 School Board workshop argued against the importance of providing more equitable funding for high school and middle school sports. Some sports are fully funded by the School Department, while others are only partially funded or not funded at all. But nearly a dozen of the 50 or […]

CUMBERLAND — School Administrative District 51 Superintendent of Schools Robert Hasson says “every position is being reviewed” as he works on a no-growth budget for fiscal 2011. The fiscal 2010 operating budget is $28 million, which was unchanged from fiscal 2009. While there was some concern in the community about a school resource officer position being […]

YARMOUTH — A brutal wind and biting cold on Jan. 29 did not keep Whitney Tree Services and the Maine Forest Service from cutting another piece from the stump of Herbie, the once-giant Elm tree. Herbie was cut down Jan. 19 after losing a 50-year battle against Dutch elm disease. It was the largest American elm […]

Several hundred immigrant and refugee children and their families braved cold temperatures and even colder wind-chill values on Saturday, Jan. 30, to experience sledding and snowshoeing for the first time at the sixth annual WinterKids Welcome to Winter Festival at Payson Park in Portland.

PORTLAND — The Housing Committee is recommending several changes to a city ordinance that requires property owners to either replace or pay a fee for housing units they remove from the market. A draft of the new Housing Replacement Ordinance will be reviewed by the committee in March. It will include exemptions for certain parts […]

FREEPORT — As a way to raise awareness and collect donations for those who cannot afford heating fuel or food, three Freeport residents will stand outside for 24 hours on Friday. From noon on Feb. 5 until noon Saturday, Feb. 6, Freeport  Community Services Program Director Sue Mack,  Patti Bruce and Will Gavin, deacon of the […]

PORTLAND — The Greater Portland Transit District has announced a series of public hearings to discuss proposed METRO bus fare increases scheduled to go into effect April 1, 2010: • Tuesday, Feb. 9, 6-7 p.m., at the Westbrook Public Safety Building, first-floor large meeting room, 570 Main St., Westbrook. • Wednesday, Feb. 10, 6-7 p.m., […]

PORTLAND — The new owner of the former Jordan’s Meats plant in the city’s Eastern Waterfront says there are no immediate plans for redevelopment of the property. Mark Woglom, president of Opechee Construction of Belmont, N.H., formed Old Port Hospitality LLC with his partner, Greg Kirsch. They closed Monday on the purchase of the 1.75 […]