CAPE ELIZABETH — Penny Jordan, co-owner of Jordan’s Farm, likes to joke that her farm is going “back to the future” – on a renovated school bus. In an office behind her farm store on Wells Road, she has a decades-old photo of a mobile farm stand from which another Cape farm sold vegetables before […]

YARMOUTH — Kimberly Spencer, a looping second- and third-grade teacher at Yarmouth Elementary School, used the school district garden as a way to teach her students about math. Last week, she learned that her creativity landed her the 2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. “Just to be nominated was an honor,” Spencer […]

FALMOUTH – This Sunday’s Library Sundae promises to be a sweet treat for young and old. Between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on July 19, the Falmouth Memorial Library will host a summer party with antique cars and trucks, live music by Doc’s Banjo Band and valve cover races, a small vehicle race similar to […]

FALMOUTH — Beginning Monday, July 20, vehicle permit stickers for the Transfer Station will cost $5 annually and disposal tags will cost $5 each. Permits purchased this year will be valid through 2010. Permits purchased within the past two years will be valid through the end of 2009. The $5 tags for single-item disposal will […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The director of public works and cultural services is scheduled to returned to work at the Community Center on Thursday, July 16. City Manager Jim Gailey said in a press release on Tuesday that his decision to reinstate Dana Anderson, who has been on paid administrative leave since May 8, stemmed from […]

BRUNSWICK — After years of planning and debate, the $23.5 million Maine Street Station project is showing Brunswick residents tangible results. The site, which constitutes the town’s last available acreage for infill development, has been a hive of activity all summer. Two of its six planned buildings are under construction and scheduled to open in […]

BATH — The Born Learning Trail not only wants you to stop and smell the roses, but to touch, observe and discuss them as well. Located next to the Bath Area Family YMCA facility at 303 Centre St., the trail is meant to help children get a head start on language and literacy development before they […]

TOPSHAM — The Conservation Commission on July 9 presented the Board of Selectmen with an updated report  that rates town-owned property for its conservation value. Rod Melanson, Topsham’s natural resource/assistant planner, said the report covers 48 parcels comprising about 400 of the town’s approximately 21,000 acres. While the commission’s original 2003 report recommended property to be […]

BATH — The former National Guard Armory on Old Brunswick Road could be the future home of the Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark. But a key obstacle is finding the money for the city to purchase the property, demolish the building and build a new one for the Skatepark. Bath Parks and Recreation Director Steve Balboni […]

BATH — A trusteeship imposed on Bath Iron Works’ largest union since March 2008 remains in place after a July 10 ruling by a federal judge. Attorney Leon Rosenblatt said he plans to take the case to a state court to address claims of emotional distress and defamation by his clients – four Local S6 officers who […]