BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College will receive a $400,000 grant to upgrade the boiler that delivers heat and electricity to the campus. College officials said the new boiler will replace the 46-year-old central unit that provides heat for about 75 percent of the campus. They said the new system will reduce the college’s energy consumption by […]

TOPSHAM — On his third and final adventure on Mt. Everest in 1988, Ed Webster and three colleagues decided to scale the world’s tallest mountain the hard way. Not that there’s necessarily an easy way. They went up one of Everest’s most dangerous sides, with no bottled oxygen, radios or Sherpa assistance. Their four-day ascent took […]

BRUNSWICK — Residents could be paying more for less after the Town Council adopts its 2010-2011 budget. The council learned during its annual retreat that it will be forced to consider layoffs, cuts in municipal services and a property tax increase to fill gaps created by cuts in state aid and revenue sharing. John Eldridge, […]

FALMOUTH — There’s a new face on the Falmouth police force. Officer Kurt Fegan, fresh from 18 weeks at the Maine Police Academy, began work Monday, Dec. 21, as a member of the Police Department. He was hired to replace Officer Brad Walker, who retired last year. Fegan, 26, grew up in Madison, where he […]

PORTLAND — It took less than an hour for a Cumberland County Superior Court jury to find Malcom Bruce Lavallee-Davidson guilty of manslaughter in the April 2009 shooting death of a 50-year-old South Portland man. The jury found Lavallee-Davidson, who did not testify, guilty of being reckless and criminally negligent when he fatally shot Fred […]

PORTLAND — A local nonprofit that works to improve health care in Haiti has set up a recovery fund to help those in the earthquake-ravaged country, and the director of the group is headed there this weekend. Nate Nickerson, executive director of Konbit Sante, said he still plans to make the trip to Cap-Haitien, a […]

YARMOUTH — The man who relentlessly battled to save Herbie, the stately elm tree on the corner of East Main Street and Yankee Drive, says he is at peace with the decision to let nature run its course. At 101, former tree warden Frank Knight said it’s time to stand aside as Dutch elm disease […]

YARMOUTH — Kim Spencer received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C., but said her teaching includes everything from math and science to reading and poetry. “Everyday is something new,” she said. “… I love teaching, all of it. It is amazing to see these kids grow. […]

CUMBERLAND — After nearly 20 years as the town’s community education and recreation director, Bill Landis is planning to step down and begin the next chapter of his life. The man who Town Manager Bill Shane calls the “true Ambassador of Cumberland” gave notice to his boss last month, well in advance of his planned departure […]