PORTLAND — The Zone Urban Epic Triathlon is set to happen this weekend, with an all-day festival afterwards. The waterfront triathlon, now in its third year, begins at 8:30 a.m. at East End Beach, were participants will – if enterococcus levels aren’t too high – jump in for a half-mile out-and-back swim. The East End Beach has […]

AUGUSTA — With the filing deadline to present rail projects qualifying for stimulus funding fast approaching, Gov. John Baldacci announced Monday that he has joined a coalition of New England governors to create a unified rail vision for the region. Six priority projects were identified, one for each state. Leading Maine’s list are two projects […]

BRUNSWICK — George Schott, the developer behind several commercial successes in Auburn, confirmed Friday that he is trying to purchase the 702 military housing units associated with Brunswick Naval Air Station.  Schott, who last summer purchased the former Atrium Inn & Convention Center on Gurnet Road, said he has been negotiating with Northeast Housing LLC […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Twenty-two high school graduates who would have otherwise gone without scholarships this year received some financial assistance, thanks to a local initiative launched in 2007. Project Scholarship started two years ago with the goal of giving every high school graduate a $2,000 scholarship for each of the first two years in college. […]

SCARBOROUGH — A Tibbetts Road couple has expressed interest in buying a portion of a former sludge dumping ground owned by the town. Dennis and Susan Hall own 33 Tibbetts Road, the property that abuts the 69-acre lot that borders Saco. In a May 28 letter to the town, the Halls’ attorney, Peter Hatem, indicated […]

A crowd gathered near the entrance to Bug Light Park last Saturday to hear John Kierstead, dressed as Ben Franklin, read the Declaration of Independence from the front porch of the restored headquarters of the South Portland Historical Society on the Fourth of July. (Rich Obrey photo)

FREEPORT — Regional School Unit 5 directors trimmed their proposed operating budget by an additional $86,000 on Wednesday and sent the $23.4 million spending package to a second tri-town meeting on Tuesday, July 21. The School Board passed the slightly reduced budget 9-2, with Pownal representatives Jen Kaplan and Eric Dube dissenting. Voters in Freeport, Pownal […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Threatened with the loss of a $400,000 grant to install a traffic light in the town center, town councilors will meet with local and state transportation officials in a workshop Monday, July 13, at 6:30 p.m. The Town Council voted last month to postpone its decision on whether to move forward with […]

SCARBOROUGH — A committee organized to suggest ways to reduce and slow Payne Road traffic south of Haigis Parkway is expected to present its recommendations to the Town Council in August. Made up primarily of residents along that stretch of Payne Road, the committee has discussed many ideas to improve the traffic problems along the section […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — A report recommending a new, multi-million dollar Thomas Memorial Library is expected to be finalized next week and presented to the Town Council in August. The Thomas Memorial Study Committee voted earlier this year to accept a report prepared by library consultants Himmel & Wilson that outlined various deficiencies of the current […]