NORTH YARMOUTH — A place well-known for the Good Book is now a place known also for good food. Since January, Mark Heath has been working from the North Yarmouth Congregational Church kitchen to produce an assortment of comfort foods for a growing number of hungry clients with no time to cook for themselves. His business, […]

PORTLAND — A group of school and sports representatives will spend the next several months studying the conditions and uses of the city’s athletic facilities. The Athletic Facilities Task Force is expected to develop a 10-year plan for improvements and also make recommendations about whether the city needs additional playing fields. A similar study in 2001 […]

BATH — A fire that broke out Thursday, Dec. 10, at City Councilor James Omo’s 177 Middle St. house gutted the building and killed two pets. Omo, who represents Ward 1 on the council, said Friday morning that the cause of the fire remains unknown and said he believed his home was “a complete loss.” […]

Light trails from a passing fishing boat headed out to sea point the way to Spring Point Light in South Portland, recently decorated for the holidays.

Gov. John Baldacci, center left, watches from below with David Harrison as Justin Alberico of Skowhegan prepares to demonstrate the finer points of rappelling on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Harrison Shrader Enterprises-Gould Training Facility in South Portland. A group of Mainers were being trained to work safely on the state’s growing population of wind turbine […]

BATH — Mike Clarke, a captain in the Fire Department, announced last week that he will run for the Maine House District 62 seat. The office is held by four-term Rep. Thom Watson, D-Bath, who has reached his term limit. Clarke is a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Search […]

BATH — Downtown Bath is the place to express some holiday spirit on Friday, Dec. 18. A “Holiday Open House” evening will be held, with stores remaining open until 8 p.m. The lobbies of First Federal Savings, KeyBank, Bath Savings Institution and The Kennebec Co. at the Customs House will also be open from 5-8 p.m. […]

SCARBOROUGH — If e-mail chatter is any indication, the Planning Board meeting on Monday, Dec. 14, may be a standing-room-only affair. On the agenda once again is the Lighthouse Motel owners’ request for approval of a reconfigured parking lot. Members of the Pine Point Residents Association have been keeping an eye on every move by […]

SCARBOROUGH — In a meeting described as cordial and productive, school officials sat down last week with municipal leaders to discuss possibilities for finding $1.13 million to cover the state curtailment to the school budget. And, while the subject did not come up, they later acknowledged the School Board is headed toward asking the town […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Board unanimously voted to change the school calendar to preserve the possibility of a furlough day to meet anticipated budget cuts from the state.  The board voted to change Jan. 15 to a regular student day. The teacher in-service day originally scheduled will be moved to April 26, which could […]