Tom Hoerth rings the Paul Revere bell atop City Hall in Bath at noon on New Year’s Eve. This was the eighth year of the tradition and it was accompanied by the simultaneous ringing of the bell at Winter Street Church. Organizers hope to get more bells participating next year.Martha Mayo and her grandson Alden […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Two companies were awarded more than $1.5 million in grants for projects that will increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse emissions. The Maine Renewable Energy Consortium received $1 million and Fairchild Semiconductor received nearly $540,000, according to the governor’s office. The grants are part of $8.9 million awarded on Wednesday to 16 […]

SCARBOROUGH — Though some had expected faster progress, the town’s three largest commercial property redevelopment projects continue to proceed, even through some unanticipated setbacks. For Marden’s Surplus & Salvage, the progress hasn’t come soon enough. The discount retailer finally closed on the old Wal-Mart property on Payne Road near the Scarborough Gallery. A dispute over […]

SCARBOROUGH — Martin Macisso says he isn’t looking for special treatment, just “a fair playing field.” Macisso, the owner of Scarborough Fish & Lobster Market at 697 Route 1, has been selling lobster, clams, haddock and shrimp at Dunstan Corner for 25 years, carrying on the tradition his uncle began in the 1940s. He and […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Department’s policy of excluding private school students from public middle school sports teams is being challenged by a group of parents. The School Board will hold a workshop after its regular business meeting on Monday, Jan. 11, to discuss the policy and consider what changes, if any, should be made. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — City Councilors on Jan. 4 decided to build a budget for the next fiscal year that does not increase the local tax rate. Since non-property tax revenues are declining and operating costs are increasing, municipal and school services and staff, which accounts for more than 80 percent of the budget, will probably […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Jury selection begins Friday, Jan. 8, in Cumberland County Superior Court in the trial of a Skowhegan man accused of killing a 50-year-old computer programmer who lived in the Willard Beach neighborhood. Malcolm Lavalle-Davidson, 50, is charged with manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of Fred Wilson in the basement of Wilson’s […]

BATH — A bond issue of up to $300,000 for all-weather turf at McMann Field narrowly received initial approval from the City Council Wednesday evening. The council voted 5-4 to grant first passage to an ordinance that authorizes the borrowing , which will pay for the purchase and installation of 90,000 square feet of turf. The […]

FREEPORT — Nomination papers are available for Durham citizens who would like to sit on the Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors. Durham resident and board member Laurie Poissonnier has reached the end of her one-year term and her replacement will be elected for a three-year term. Nomination papers are available at the Durham […]

FALMOUTH — Registration for 2010-2011 kindergarten will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 12, 13 and 14 in the Lunt School lobby. Children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15 are eligible to attend kindergarten in the fall. The child’s original birth certificate, immunization […]