CUMBERLAND — In his poem “My Lost Youth,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow referred to Portland as “the beautiful town that is seated by the sea.” And in his new book “Portland: The City by the Sea,” William Hubbell of Cumberland seeks to capture that adulation with an array of his own photographs. The hardcover Commonwealth Editions book […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Ruth Anne Haley of Brentwood Road has withdrawn from the School Board election. According to Town Clerk Debra Lane, Haley withdrew on Sept. 22 for personal reasons. Lane said Haley’s name will not appear on the Nov. 3 ballot. “I was literally getting ready to send them when she withdrew,” Lane said. “It’s […]

Friends congratulate Hannah Katch, 12, of Standish, whose dog Emma Jean won the Limbo contest at Woofminster 2009, the fourth annual Planet Dog Foundation Amateur Dog Show & Cover Dog Challenge at Camp Ketcha in Scarborough on Saturday, Sept. 19. Proceeds from the event benefit the foundation, Planet Dog’s nonprofit grant-making arm. Ruby Simkoff and […]

Emergency Department Director Dr. Jay Mullen, seated, and nurses Ellen Golding and Matt Hincks work Wednesday in the new emergency medicine area at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. The new emergency room is about twice the size of the old one, quadrupling the area for evaluating patients while providing for treatment in 16 private rooms. […]

Families showed up to walk on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Brunswick bike path for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. At the same time, the Children’s Tumor Foundation held its first NF Walk on the Brunswick bike path to raise money and awareness for neurofibromatosis.

TOPSHAM — An annual book sale hosted by the Friends of the Topsham Public Library will be held through Sunday, Sept. 27, at the 25 Foreside Road library. The sale will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday for bargain day – $2 per […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The fifth annual Cape Elizabeth Land Trust Harvest Festival and community barbecue is scheduled rain or shine for Sunday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will begin after the Noyes, Hall & Allen CELT Challenge Triathlon, which starts at 6:45 a.m. According to Lisa Flaim, CELT administrator, the triathlon […]

BATH — As part of this year’s Citizen Involvement Day, the Plant Home will sponsor a pie contest at Waterfront Park on Saturday, Oct. 10. Apple or pumpkin pies should be left on the Plant Home table at the park between 10 and 11 a.m. Judging will be by local owners of food-related businesses. The judges […]

TOPSHAM — Two candidates will be on the Nov. 3 ballot for one available seat on the Board of Selectmen. Donald Russell and James Morris returned nomination papers by the Sept. 18 deadline to run for the three-year seat being vacated by Selectman Michelle Derr. Dorothy Gardner, meanwhile, is unchallenged for re-election to her three-year […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The owner of several assisted-living facilities in central Maine purchased the former Viking nursing home at auction Wednesday. Lon Walters’ bid of $825,000 was accepted, although the five-acre property on Scott Dyer Road is assessed by the town at $3.4 million. Walters said he plans to build a 36-bed facility for people with […]