Tom Coward delivers his inaugural address after the City Council unanimously elected him as mayor for 2010. Richard Carter delivers his inaugural address prior to being elected as School Board chairman for 2010. South Portland School Board members James Gilboy, left, Alan Livingston and Jerald McQueeney are sworn into office by City Clerk Sue Mooney, […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The new owners of the former Viking nursing home on Scott Dyer Road presented plans to stabilize and winterize the assisted living facility at a Planning Board workshop last week. Lon Walters, owner of Woodlands Assisted Living, purchased the Viking at an auction on Sept. 23. He owns several nursing homes and Alzheimer […]

Some of the hundreds of runners and walkers who participated Sunday, Dec. 6, in the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis 5K make their way up Park Street in Freeport. Andy Spaulding of Freeport finished first among the men in 16:09 and Christine Reaser of Dayton led the women in 19:19.

People of all ages gather around the bandstand in North Yarmouth on Sunday night, Dec. 6, as the Community Band plays Christmas carols after the lighting of the town Christmas tree.

CAPE ELIZABETH — About 90 residents attended a workshop Tuesday, Dec. 8, to offer suggestions and brainstorm ways to cope with the 2009-2010 school aid curtailment and further funding cuts expected for 2010-2011. The workshop was hosted by the town’s seven-member Curtailment Committee, which includes School Board members Rebecca Millett and Kathy Ray, Town Council Chairwoman […]

BRUNSWICK — After expressing angst about the rising cost to a retrofit an 1854 building to accommodate a local retirement services provider, the Town Council Monday unanimously supported a $750,000 bond for the project. The money will help People Plus move from Noble Street to the town’s recently acquired building at 35 Union St., a […]

TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 teachers have been awarded more than $3,000 in grants from the Trust for Our Future: MSAD 75 Education Fund. The nonprofit organization supports innovative projects and programs that enhance the public schools, and it has developed into a resource through which teachers can apply for grants. The fund is governed […]

HARPSWELL — The three-year restoration of the Cribstone Bridge appears to be right on schedule. But time may have run out for the group that hoped the revamped span between Orr’s and Bailey Island would be devoid of visible utility wires. According to assistant Town Manager Terri Sawyer, a subcommittee of the Harpswell Historical Society […]

BRUNSWICK — A busy intersection previously eyed for a fire station and then a Walgreens store is now being considered for a new police station. Councilor Joanne King, who chairs the town’s police station search subcommittee, confirmed Tuesday that property at the southeast corner of the Stanwood-Pleasant street intersection is on the list of three […]

YARMOUTH — Due to the weather, the Yarmouth High School club Help Our Troops has postponed tonight’s scheduled screening of “The Way We Get By” until Wednesday,  Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Yarmouth Performing Arts Center. The film follows the lives of three Bangor residents who gather daily to talk to American soldiers leaving […]