Work began this week on a major reconstruction project on Maine Mall Road in South Portland, where a stretch of the street in front of the Maine Mall is being replaced with a new, porous pavement designed to reduce storm water runoff. On Tuesday, Josh Garland, right, and Roland Rivard from the R.J. Grondin & […]

BATH — United Way of Mid Coast Maine and Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine will hold a weatherization forum Tuesday, July 28, to share how partners in Mid Coast Maine worked together last fall to help low-income households save on fuel costs and be more comfortable in their homes. The forum will be held at […]

SCARBOROUGH — A committee that has been considering ways to reduce and calm traffic along the residential section of Payne Road between Haigis Parkway and Route 1 have suggested several solutions that some businesses are afraid will cause a significant drop in customers. For 68 years, the Flahertys have operated Flaherty Family Farms where Payne […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The land trust on Saturday will lead a walking tour of Fort Preble and Southern Maine Community College. The tour, which will focus on the history of the fort and campus, will be led by land trust member Helen Slocum. The two-hour tour will begin at 9 a.m. at the Old Settler’s […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — When Harvey Weinstein saw a news report about a man who had taken two soldiers fishing in a little canoe, he was touched by the joy the experience brought to the veterans.  “They stepped off that boat grinning ear-to-ear with the fish they had just caught,” he said.  Now Weinstein, along with […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — When Bob Johnson bought an old building in Willard Square nearly six years ago with plans to open a bakery, friends said he would be wise to reconsider. Now, Johnson’s Scratch Bakery, which uses locally produced and organic ingredients whenever possible, has become a destination for people living in and around the […]

FREEPORT — A Brunswick woman was hospitalized at Maine Medical Center in Portland last week after the vehicle she was driving sideswiped another vehicle on Interstate 295 in Freeport. The accident stalled northbound traffic for nearly three hours during the afternoon hours of July 22. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Lauren […]

SCARBOROUGH — A redevelopment project that would breathe new life into a vacant building on Route 1 could be in jeopardy. Hardypond Construction owner Robert Gaudreau, who transformed the nearby former Humpty Dumpty Potato Chip building into Nonesuch River Plaza, said Wednesday he will back out of the project to redevelop the former Konica Minolta […]

BATH — Although the Asian long-horned beetle has not yet been detected in Maine, its tree-destroying presence in New England has put arborists including Tom Hoerth of Bath on alert – particularly since nearly half the city’s public trees happen to be one of the top items on the beetle’s menu. Hoerth and Nancy Sferra, director of […]

BRUNSWICK — When the clock strikes midnight – and sometimes long after that – the area around M.J.’s Grille & Tavern on Maine Street can be filled with late-night revelers whose loss of inhibitions carries well past last call.  Such scenes are not unique to M.J.’s, but recently, the Maine Street establishment became the focus of the […]