FALMOUTH — A childhood hobby-turned-profession for two brothers has taken the pair back to examine their grandparents’ legacy and compelled them to explore universal issues of life and mortality in “Once More to the Cabin,” their documentary premiering at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville next week. In a medium that can travel effortlessly […]

PORTLAND — A short-cut from Fort Allen Park to the Eastern Promenade Trail is now an official path, having been graded, widened and stepped with granite. Portland Trails, along with the Friends of the Eastern Promenade, Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and the city, officially opened the improved trail July 1. The Friends of the Eastern […]

FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 board plans a public relations offensive to gain the support of voters who rejected a proposed $23.5 million budget on June 25. On July 1, with fewer than 30 residents in attendance, the board developed a schedule that includes taking public comments on Wednesday, July 8, before members vote […]

Margaret, left, and Joe Ryan of Cape Elizabeth were two of the hundreds who showed up for the first Cape Farm Alliance Strawberry Fest at Maxwell’s Farm on June 27 to enjoy crafts, pick some strawberries and, best of all, eat the fresh berries with whipped cream. (Michael Barriault photo)

BATH — The committee searching for a replacement for Patten Free Library Director Anne Phillips named Peter Goodwin the interim director, effective July 13. Phillips, who has served as director since 2003 and began volunteering at the library in 1979, announced her resignation on June 18. Goodwin has served as manager of the Sagadahoc History […]

PORTLAND — The owners of Scarborough Downs have been found negligent and ordered to pay $400,000 in damages as a result of a 2006 harness racing accident that severely injured a sulky driver. After a 3 1/2-day trial, a Cumberland County Superior Court jury took one hour to come back with the verdict June 29 […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Benjamin Franklin will make an appearance at Bug Light Park to begin the Fourth of July celebration put on by the South Portland Historical Society. The society also hopes to open its new museum, recently relocated to near the entrance of Bug Light Park. A shipyard exhibit is being set up in […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — City officials are hoping to clarify the role of the city’s Library Advisory Board in anticipation of the first labor contract with the library union. Library workers voted to unionize in 2006, but have since failed to reach a contract with the city. After a state mediator last year couldn’t resolve the […]

SCARBOROUGH — A Pine Point residents group has presented an alternative design for a land swap that the town has proposed forging with the owners of the Lighthouse Inn on Depot Street. In addition, the Pine Point Residents Association has started circulating a petition presenting its position on Scarborough’s management of the Depot Street area […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Nearly three dozen motorists were detained and eight were charged on the first night of increased drunken driving enforcement.  Police Lt. Frank Clark said 563 vehicles were stopped at a checkpoint set up by the South Portland and Cape Elizabeth police departments on the southbound side of the Casco Bay Bridge on June […]