SCARBOROUGH — Marden’s Surplus & Salvage will accelerate a redesign process for the vacant Wal-Mart building on Payne Road, hoping to convince the Planning Board to give site plan approval at its next meeting so the Maine retailer can open in October. Planning Board members, in response, were receptive at a meeting Monday to the […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Hospital and Parkview Adventist Medical Center will be storing the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine for schools in Sagadahoc County, Brunswick and Harpswell, Sagadahoc Emergency Management Agency Director Misty Green said last week. Meanwhile, Gov. John Baldacci on Tuesday proclaimed a civil emergency to help the state better respond to the potential […]

YARMOUTH — The Town Council meeting on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. will be the first with a new format combining workshop items, regular business and public hearings at each meeting. The first portion of the meeting will include a public comment period, followed by regular business and workshop discussion. Thursday’s workshop will include […]

FALMOUTH — A 15,000-square-foot mansion on Woodville Road that has been unused for years may soon be open for University of Maine functions. The lavish home and five acres of land that at one time belonged to Shaw’s Supermarkets heiress Mary Alice Davis, now of Phoenix, Ariz., was donated to the University of Maine Foundation […]

FREEPORT — Downtown Main Street will feature art exhibits in previously empty storefront windows through the end of the year, thanks to a grant from the Maine Arts Commission. The commission awarded the $7,500 Artists in Maine Communities grant to Freeport in support of “Experiencing Freeport – Knowing our Town through Art.” The grant proposal included […]

PORTLAND — The Center for Grieving Children has a new program director. Susan Giambalvo has replaced Linda Kelly, who worked at the center for 20 years. Kelly recruited and trained volunteers to work with grieving children in the Portland area. She also led the center’s International Training Institute, training people from the United States and […]

CUMBERLAND — For two years Dr. Bruce Churchill has struggled with a disease that gradually immobilizes its victims and leaves them with an average life expectancy of two to five years after diagnosis . Still, the way the 55-year-old has negotiated his journey with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – known commonly as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease – […]

PORTLAND — Officers Michael Sauschuck and Joseph Loughlin have new positions at the Police Department, as part of the chief’s reorganization effort. Loughlin, a deputy chief who served as interim chief for about eight months prior to the hiring of Chief James Craig, is now assistant chief. Loughlin has been on the police force for […]

FALMOUTH — Many students are going off to college this fall. They’ll live tightly packed into dorms and may be kept awake at night by loud music. But there’s another group of college students out there. They live just a few to a large building and may at any time of night be awakened by […]

OXFORD — On Nov. 1, 2006, Gov. John Baldacci and other political figures converged on Sanford Regional Airport to commemorate what was supposed to have been a significant economic development project and a victory for the governor and his political allies. The groundbreaking for the $10 million Sanford Jet Division, an expansion of privately owned […]