SCARBOROUGH — Several organizations and the town are asking for volunteers to help during the annual fall clean-up of the marsh and beaches. The effort will take place at various sites on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. After the clean-up, workers are invited to a free guided nature walk with the Eastern […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council voted unanimously Oct. 5 to oppose Question 4 on the statewide referendum ballot, the second so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights. TABOR II would essentially freeze state and local government budgets at the current level, allowing growth at the same rate as average real personal income. Any spending needed above […]

Iszi Mickunas, in sunglasses and tiara, and friends Morgan Quigg, left, Elise Martin, Diana McLeod Abbie Hinchman and Tess Hinchman, all 12, celebrated Iszi’s 13th birthday in downtown Bath on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 3, by dressing up as Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Iszi’s parents, Daniel Reisbach and Kathe Mickunas, organized a scavenger hunt […]

A profile of Brunswick Town Council candidate Joanne King last week should have said King is in favor of a new police station. The town’s Capital Improvement Program has allocated $6.65 million for the project. However, that figure is an estimate, and not one King would necessarily support.  

BRUNSWICK — The state’s congressional delegation has managed to strike a language compromise in the Defense Authorization bill that the redevelopers of Brunswick Naval Air Station say will speed property transfers at the base and soften the region’s recovery from its shutdown. The provision encourages the U.S. Navy’s use of no-cost economic development property conveyances […]

SCARBOROUGH — With its square shape, hip roof and cupola, it’s not the typical New England barn. Reminiscent of an old schoolhouse, the post-and-beam structure sitting precariously on a field-stone foundation has been a part of Broadturn Farm for many years. But this year may be its last at the Scarborough Land Conservation Trust property. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — With library employees fully unionized and working under a signed contract with the city, the library director and advisory board are again poised to discuss the sensitive topic of holiday hours at the Main Library on Broadway. That effort, however, could stoke a debate over the Library Advisory Board’s role in making […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — As a way to prepare for potential school subsidy cuts by the state, the School Department will once again freeze spending. Superintendent of Schools Alan Hawkins said he expects a cut close to the $421,000 curtailment Cape Elizabeth experienced last year, and possibly more. “We predict that no figures will be released until […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — When residents and tourists return to Crescent Beach State Park next spring, they could find a considerably smaller beach to enjoy. One-hundred acres smaller. In about six months, the lease of park land from the Sprague Corp. to the Maine Department of Conservation will expire. When it does, 100 acres will revert back […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Center Pedestrian Safety Committee is expected to recommend solar-powered pedestrian crossing signals and other traffic improvements at the Town Council meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The group, made up of Town Councilor Sara Lennon, School Board member Mary Townsend, Thomas Kinley and state Rep. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, was created […]