SOUTH PORTLAND — The city is considering creating its own energy company to reduce operating costs for two semiconductor manufacturers, which employ more than 2,000 residents.  Assistant City Manager and Economic Development Director Erik Carson, who presented the proposal to the City Council at a workshop Monday night, said another meeting will soon be scheduled […]

TOPSHAM — The zoning work of the Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee should be complete by next summer, Town Planner Rich Roedner said last week. The work could be done by May, in time for Town Meeting, Roedner said, while open space language from the town’s natural areas plan may not be ready for a town vote […]

BRUNSWICK — As the first day of school approaches, local districts aren’t just preparing classrooms for students, they’re filling hand sanitizer dispensers and coordinating with nurses to ensure a familiar nemesis doesn’t become a full-grown bully. The antagonist is the H1N1 virus – commonly known as swine flu. While the panic generated by H1N1 outbreak has […]

FALMOUTH — The Falmouth Historical Society invites the public to attend Maine Heritage Day on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Heritage Museum at 60 Woods Road. Outdoor events will include exhibits and demonstrations of sheep shearing, goat milking, everyday chores, wood splitting, wood carving antique tools, antique milk wagon […]

BRUNSWICK — With the Sept. 4 deadline to return nomination papers about a week away, at least one clash is shaping up for a Town Council seat. Two current councilors, Joanne King and Karen Klatt, are poised to battle for an at-large seat. King currently holds the position, but will likely be challenged by Klatt, […]

BRUNSWICK — The scene outside St. John the Baptist Church on Pleasant Street Wednesday morning resembled a biker rally. Men and women in black leather and sunglasses lined the parking lot and church steps, the air ringing with the roar of motorcycles before the sound gave way to the chiming of the church bells, signaling […]

FALMOUTH — The Town Council Monday adopted a pilot forest management plan before deciding whether to expand the plan to all eight town forests. The council’s decision to concentrate management for now on the 275-acre Hadlock Community Forest was a compromise from the original plan, which proposed implementing the project on all town forests this […]

FALMOUTH – The impact the H1N1 flu virus will have on school attendance and learning is a major unknown as teachers, staff, administrators and students gear up for a new school year. The school nurses attended a seminar on the virus up in Augusta last week, along with Doug Patey, who is the town’s assistant […]

CUMBERLAND — Although the position was not included in the school budget, School Administrative District 51 will retain the police officer assigned to the school system in the new school year. The school resource officer, a position historically about 70 percent funded by the Cumberland-North Yarmouth school district, will stay under the same funding scheme […]

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday approved the demolition of a burned-out house on Valley Road, appeasing residents who were concerned about the safety of the structure. Councilors also discussed an ordinance that could allow residential windmills and authorized a request to the state that speed limits on Orchard, Bruce Hill and Whitney roads […]