BRUNSWICK — The town will soon hire someone to assist in communicating with the organization overseeing the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station. The partially grant-funded position will run through December 2010, and perhaps longer if the town continues to receive financial assistance from the Office of Economic Adjustment, the federal agency that helps communities […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday cleared the way for long-awaited improvements to a half-mile stretch of Bath Road, a project estimated to cost $2.15 million. The project includes widening the stretch of road between Thomas Point Road and Old Bath Road. To make it happen, the council on Monday unanimously agreed to lengthen […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen is looking into a three-part project geared toward mitigating groundwater drainage problems that have plagued the Bay Park neighborhood in recent years. Snowden Consulting Engineers presented the results of its engineering study during the Board of Selectmen’s Oct. 1 meeting. The firm started the project with a topographical survey and […]

FREEPORT — With Election Day less than a month away, Town Councilors took a stand Tuesday on three statewide referendums questions: repeal of school consolidation, excise tax reduction and limits on state and local government spending. Councilors unanimously opposed Question 2 to reduce the excise tax. The referendum would result in a $600,000 cut in revenue […]

FREEPORT — After almost two years of negotiations, a Freeport chamber of commerce will be created, but without the Freeport Merchants Association. Sande Updegraph, executive director of the Freeport Economic Development Corp., said the FMA decided to remain independent and focus on tourism marketing. “For now, FMA is going to do what they do best,” Updegraph […]

FALMOUTH — It’s almost business as usual again at Town Hall after a lightning strike caused thousands of dollars in damage to many of the building’s systems and much of its equipment. The problems were discovered Sunday morning, Oct. 4, when an employee noticed the elevator was stuck between floors, Code Enforcement Officer Albert Farris […]

CUMBERLAND — The Cumberland County Fair saw a drop in attendance this year due to rain throughout the week-long event, the fair president said on Tuesday. “We lost a good portion of (opening day) because of the rain,” Bruce Flanigan said, adding that the fair was also hit with rain during its final two days, Oct. […]

Former first lady Barbara Bush reads to young patients at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland on Oct. 1 as one of the kids, 5-year-old Kody Pike, makes friends with Bush’s dog Minnie.

Portland Mayor Jill Duson fired a small, but loud, cannon to start the 18th annual Peak Performance Maine Marathon, Half Marathon and Marathon Relay on Baxter Boulevard Sunday, Oct. 4, sending approximately 3,000 runners on their way into Falmouth, Cumberland and back. Results in Sports, Page 13.

PORTLAND — Bringing the sounds of southern rock to Maine, the Marshall Tucker Band headlines this weekend’s Falmouth Rotary Oktoberfest Troops Fundraiser. The location has been changed from the open-air venue at Hadlock Field to Merrill Auditorium because of the threat of inclement weather, Falmouth Rotary President David Jones said. But the goal remains the […]