A story last week about the 48-Hour Film Festival should not have said Jeff Day was a member of the team that created the film “Mail Boat” in 2008. Day was involved with “A Briefcase of Love,” made by members of the “Mail Boat” team in February 2009.

FREEPORT — The Coastal Studies for Girls school will gain a tool shed for its campus, and a handful of local women will gain carpentry experience through a class offered by Women Unlimited. Women Unlimited, an organization dedicated to improving the economic well-being of Maine women, minorities and displaced workers, offers technical and trade experience through […]

PORTLAND — City elections in November could be a quiet affair, with several elections uncontested unless write-in candidates appear. Nomination papers were due at the city clerk’s office Monday, Aug. 24, for candidates to be on the Nov. 3 ballot. Of the three City Council seats available, only District 1 has a race. Councilor Kevin […]

FALMOUTH — The Maine State Ballet will hold an open house for students and their families from 5-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 8, at its studio on Route 1 in Falmouth. The dance company will also hold open auditions for “The Nutcracker” Thursday and Friday, Sept. 10 and 11: • Sept. 10, ages 7 and 8 […]

PORTLAND — The People’s Regional Opportunity Program last week announced it will close the Redbank Head Start/Child-Care Center at 72 MacAurthur Circle in South Portland.  Although the center is equipped to serve 30 children, about 14 children are expected to be affected when the center closes on Sept. 30. The families currently enrolled will be […]

PORTLAND — The School Committee has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, Aug. 26, on a plan to purchase more than 2,000 netbook computers for high school students. Buying netbooks surfaced as an alternative to participating the Maine Laptop Computer Initiative, which is being expanded to include high schools along with middle schools. When the […]

PORTLAND — Radical changes could be in store for the 50-student Peaks Island Elementary School, considered by many islanders the life-blood of the community. The School Department is poised to revise the school’s mission, which could change from traditional education to an expeditionary model or focus on specific disciplines, like are marine science or art.  […]

PORTLAND — When students return to schools on Sept. 3, they will be welcomed back with an unprecedented immunization effort to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, known as the swine flu. Portland schools will offer free immunizations this fall in a concerted effort to reduce the looming flu threat, which many health experts […]

PORTLAND — A man on probation for setting fire to several buildings in 2004 is allegedly responsible for an Aug. 20 blaze that destroyed one Forest Avenue building and damaged another. Phillip Caron, 25, was reportedly found inside a building at 745 Forest Ave. at about 11:15 p.m. by police, who responded to the report […]

PORTLAND — The annual swim from Peaks Island to the city’s East End Beach has been renamed in honor of a longtime supporter of the organization that sponsors the event. The Cumberland County YMCA announced it would rename the annual Peaks to Portland Swim the Cyrus Hagge YMCA Peaks to Portland Swim. Hagge, 56, is […]