BATH — After opening a pub last year, and with a steakhouse scheduled to debut at the end of this month, Joe Byrnes is fulfilling one of his life’s dreams. The Admiral Steakhouse – a building at the corner of Centre and Washington streets that Byrnes is purchasing from the Chocolate Church Arts Center – will have […]

TOPSHAM —The Board of Selectmen on Thursday unanimously chose Snowden Consulting Engineers of Oakland to conduct an engineering study at Bay Park, Public Works Director Rob Pontau said. Although the town budgeted $60,000 for that study, the five bids it received for the work all came in well under that amount. Snowden submitted a bid of […]

FREEPORT — After more than a year of discussion, the Freeport Merchants Association, Freeport Economic Development Corp. and a task force have worked out a compromise to move forward with creating a Chamber of Commerce in Freeport. Sande Updegraph, director of FEDC, told the Town Council at a workshop Tuesday, July 14, that the tentative name […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Neighbors are appealing the Planning Board’s decision last month to approve a dog day-care business at a home on North Road. The appeal will be heard by the Zoning Board of Appeals Wednesday, July 22. Herb and Ellen Hopkins, whose property abuts the approved business, are primarily concerned about the noise they […]

PORTLAND — City police officers will begin carrying Tasers as part of a three-month trial of the device. The City Council Public Safety Committee reviewed and approved the measure Tuesday evening, and Police Chief James Craig said officers have already started training to use the stun guns. The department will borrow or purchase 12 Tasers […]

FALMOUTH — With the cold, rainy weather hopefully a fading memory, families are finally gearing up for all that’s terrific about Maine summers. And some of them are sharing all that sun, water and outdoor entertainment with children from New York City, many of whom have never been away from home. These young people, ranging […]

FALMOUTH — Anyone who has ever wondered how many different bridges have spanned the Presumpscot River at Allen Avenue, or where early 1800s stagecoach travelers could stop for food and drink along Blackstrap Road can now find the information easily and in one place in “Falmouth,” a new pictorial account of the town’s history from […]

Special Olympian Susie Cloutier shows Portland Sea Dogs pitcher T.J. Large (now a member of the Pawtucket Red Sox) how to play behind the plate during a Special Olympics softball program at Loring Field in Payson Park on July 11. Large and several of his teammates brought a big-league atmosphere to the very competitive contest […]

FREEPORT — In an effort to pass a budget before the start of the school year and keep residents engaged in the budget approval process, Regional School Unit 5 directors reduced their proposed operating budget by an additional $86,000 and have launched a get-out-the-vote campaign. The board will present a $23.4 million spending package at a […]