CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative 51 Board of Directors held a workshop on Monday on an initiative that integrates environmental stewardship with education and entrepreneurship. Superintendent of Schools Robert Hasson said that while no Maine Farm Enterprise Schools currently exist in Maine, its administrators are looking into implementing the concept at various schools throughout the state. […]

PORTLAND — The city is getting ready to review a housing ordinance that has come under fire in the past few months from critics who feel it has been applied arbitrarily. The Housing Replacement Ordinance is a 7-year-old rule that requires property owners to either replace or pay for housing stock they remove from the […]

PORTLAND — Police are investigating the death of a Portland man following a fight at a Read Street club early Sunday morning. Than Yim, 33, was reportedly at a private party at Thanh Thanh Bida Club when he was involved in an altercation, according to a statement from police Capt. Ted Ross. Yim was injured […]

PORTLAND — A more-than 30-year tradition of ferry service between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, seems doomed following the announcement last week that Bay Ferries Ltd. has terminated its seasonal service. Bay Ferries President Mark MacDonald said in an e-mailed statement Dec. 18 that its high-speed ferry The Cat would no longer provide service between […]

PORTLAND — School Committee Chairman Peter Eglinton on Monday said a curtailment plan instituted last week to deal with a $2.7 million reduction in education funding by the state sets a target that is in line with cuts announced by the governor on Friday, Dec. 18.  “The governor’s announcement included the cuts in state funding […]

PORTLAND — Renovations at the Portland Public Library’s main branch are nearing completion, and displaced services will begin moving back into the building on Monument Square later this winter. The library plans to move Children’s Services in February from its temporary home at the East End Community School on Munjoy Hill back into the renovated […]

FALMOUTH — The School Board has called off its search for a new superintendent and plans to appoint interim Superintendent Barbara Powers as the district’s new school chief. A consensus was reached in executive session during a Saturday, Dec. 12, special meeting. The board is expected to vote on Powers’ appointment at its meeting Monday […]

PORTLAND — At 87, Bob Traill is an active member of the Salvation Army, the Rotary Club, the Patient and Family Centered Care Council at Maine Medical Center, and goes to the gym three times a week. On Saturday afternoon, the Cape Elizabeth resident could be found ringing a bell at Northgate Shopping Center for holiday […]

PORTLAND — A walk through the Old Port reveals how the recession is affecting local small businesses. Over the past year, for-lease signs have replaced open signs in some of the city’s most coveted storefronts. “I walk down the street and it’s disappointing,” Councilor Cheryl Leeman said. “A lot of small businesses are struggling.” That’s […]