BRUNSWICK — The committee that decides which bills are considered by the state Legislature has rejected a $4 million measure that would have funded start-up costs for the Advanced Technology Campus at Brunswick Naval Air Station.  However, Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, the bill’s would-be sponsor, has submitted an alternate proposal that would effectively generate start-up […]

FALMOUTH — Carl and Nancy Barker’s lives were changed nearly 30 years ago when she was told she had Parkinson’s disease. A medical research technician at Maine Research Center, she was just 50 – considered young for the disease – when she noticed her handwriting becoming increasingly smaller, a symptom of Parkinson’s. “When she was […]

FREEPORT — On the heels of receiving a $44,000 energy grant to install solar panels on the library, the Town Council Tuesday night voted 6-0 to approve another application for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant. This grant from the Public Utility Commission’s Efficiency Maine program would be for about $81,000 and would be applied […]

FALMOUTH — There may be an ongoing controversy over what it’s called – a Christmas tree, a holiday tree or a firefighter’s nightmare – but a lot of people will be out buying those sappy, fragrant firs during the next few weeks, whatever they call them. While some households have shed tradition for the shed-free, […]

As you would expect, Santa is a very busy guy this time of year, so if the city of Portland wants his help lighting the Christmas tree in Monument Square, the ceremony goes off on schedule, rain or shine. Or, as was the case last Friday night, very, very, very rainy. Still, many in the […]

PORTLAND — Recently elected city councilors and School Committee members will be sworn into office Monday afternoon, Dec. 7, at City Hall. The City Council ceremony is scheduled for noon in council chambers. Councilors Kevin Donoghue and David Marshall will be sworn in for second terms. Councilor Nick Mavodones will be sworn in for a […]

CUMBERLAND — In taking what she thought would be a vacation to a poor fishing village on the northwestern coast of Nicaragua, Stephany Guyot found a new and deeper sense of home. The 1999 Greely High School graduate has spent most of the past few years in Jiquilillo, Nicaragua. For the past two months, though, she […]

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council will likely vote this month on an easement that would conserve most of a 147-acre parcel of undeveloped land, Town Manager Bill Shane said last week. The council will hold its third workshop on the matter with the Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7. The following […]

YARMOUTH — The high school club Help Our Troops will send personalized care packages to troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan during the holidays and host a screening of the documentary film “The Way We Get By” for the community. The film highlights three senior citizens who greet troops returning from and going to Iraq and […]

PORTLAND — Maine Drug Enforcement agents and Maine State Police arrested dozens of people who were in the city this weekend for the Phish concert at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Phish, the jam band from Vermont known for its loyal fan following, played Sunday before a sold-out crowd. Arrested by the MDEA on charges […]