YARMOUTH — When Mary and Charles Callanan were invited to their neighbor’s house for dessert and to watch a high school baseball award ceremony on cable television, they did not think anything was out of the ordinary. But as they settled in to watch the ceremony, they realized a Town Council meeting was in progress. As […]

YARMOUTH — The Community Garden will celebrate with a summer kick-off event this Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to noon with crafts, gardening, classes, snacks and more. Christine Slader, coordinator of the Children’s Garden, said the event is geared toward children, but will be fun for all family members. “This event is about getting your […]

YARMOUTH — The Town Council and School Committee last week welcomed new and returning members and elected new leaders. David Ray, who previously served six years and is returning after a one-year hiatus, was named School Committee chairman. Committee member Art Bell was named vice chairman and is beginning his second term. New members Andrew […]

CUMBERLAND — Maine State Police say a driver who died in a February car accident on Interstate 295 had an extremely high level of morphine in her blood. After an investigation into the crash, driver Rosalie Muce, 32, of Portland, was found to have had near-lethal levels of morphine in her system. Levels were far […]

BATH — One day shy of his first month on the job, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus spent his first trip outside of Washington, D.C., Monday touring Bath Iron Works and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. The visit came on the heels of recent announcements of 125 temporary layoffs at the shipyard due to […]

PORTLAND — A Pennsylvania newspaper publisher is the new owner of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram and two other former Blethen Maine daily newspapers, as well as the Mainetoday.com Web site and several weekly publications. Richard L. Connor, the editor and publisher of the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, is now editor and publisher of the […]

PORTLAND — Members of the NAACP and Maine Civil Liberties Union met with school leaders last week to discuss the role of privilege and power in institutional racism. The workshop began with the film, “A Class Divided,” about a third-grade teacher’s provocative lesson on discrimination. The teacher, Jane Elliot, divided her Iowa classroom into two […]

PORTLAND — The city will spend $168,000 of its most recent federal stimulus funding to hire an energy and sustainability coordinator. The new, three-year position will be responsible for educating employees in energy efficiency as it applies to municipal buildings and operations; keeping track of the city’s greenhouse gas inventory, and overseeing funding and grant […]

PORTLAND — Nathan Clifford Elementary School’s principal for the last 27 years is retiring at the end of the school year. Marysue Morrison said a variety of factors contributed to the timing of her retirement, including the district’s early retirement incentive, offered earlier this year to reduce salary costs. Morrison, 59, has spent her career […]

PORTLAND — The Charter Commission is expected to elect its leaders and set dates for future meetings during its first session Thursday. Nine members were elected to the commission June 9. They join three City Council appointees on the board charged with reviewing and recommending changes to the City Charter, which has not been reviewed […]