PORTLAND — New signs were installed last week to help visitors find their way around the waterfront, the Arts District and the Old Port. The signs point to tourist attractions, including the Longfellow House and Victoria Mansion; to public transportation providers like Metro and Casco Bay Lines, and to landmarks including City Hall and Monument […]

TOPSHAM — A teenage girl is recovering from injuries sustained from a car accident that trapped her in her car for two days before she was found. Kourtney Thibeault, 17, was driving home along Route 196 the night of Nov. 17 when she went off the road, traveling for about 40 feet before ending up in […]

BATH — School districts in the Mid-Coast and all over Maine are coping with a $63 million state spending curtailment ordered by Gov. John Baldacci that includes a $38 million cut in Education Department funds to support local schools. Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent William Shuttleworth was among Maine school administrators warned to prepare for the […]

TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 has resubmitted an application to the state to close West Harpswell School, Superintendent Mike Wilhelm said last week. Maine Department of Education Commissioner Susan Gendron told SAD 75 last month that she could not approve its first “lack of need” report until it addressed two issues: the district’s offer of […]

BRUNSWICK — When asked to develop a Bowdoin College-themed application for the iPhone, junior Ben Johnson decided to create one that would help solve one of the most persistent campus dilemmas. Moulton Union or Thorne Hall? Choosing between Bowdoin’s highly touted dining halls is, as Johnson put it, “a somewhat nagging frustration” – so much so […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Barring any last-minute jockeying by another candidate, City Councilor Tom Coward will be the next mayor of South Portland. Coward, who has served on the council for a year, earned the unanimous support of his fellow councilors in a workshop Monday night. A formal vote will be taken Dec. 7.  Coward was […]

BRUNSWICK — It was like he didn’t really want to go. But, eventually, he had to. U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Erik Cyre, of Patrol Squadron 26, taxied his P-3 to the south end of Brunswick Naval Air Station Runway 1 on Sunday, Nov. 22, at noon. He was scheduled to leave shortly thereafter. But he […]

FALMOUTH — The Green Ribbon Commission is recommending the town require homeowners and builders to produce energy efficiency ratings for their projects before they can obtain building permits or certificates of occupancy. Proof of the the ratings would also have to be supplied to real estate agents and home buyers at the time of resale. […]

FALMOUTH — A local retirement community introduced three conceptual plans for expansion during last week’s Community Facilities Planning Committee meeting. The designs presented Nov. 18 by OceanView of Falmouth were planned to dovetail with the committee’s vision of three possible levels of public-private use for the Plummer-Motz and Lunt schools property at the corner of […]

YARMOUTH — Town councilors last week heard reports on long-range capital needs of the Fire and Rescue Department, on the Resource Protection District and on the preliminary draft of the 2011-2015 Capital Improvement Plan. Fire and rescue Chief Byron Fairbanks told the Nov. 19 council workshop that new firefighter turnout gear was needed for the […]