YARMOUTH — About 105 of the 7,450 registered voters in Yarmouth attended Tuesday’s Town Meeting and ratified the school and municipal budgets. Residents approved 27 articles on the meeting warrant, including a $19.5 million school budget that exceeds state Essential Programs and Services by $4.46 million. Residents voted by secret ballot as required by state law, […]

CUMBERLAND — Voters will get a second chance to vote on a $28 million school budget after School Administrative District 51 directors voted Monday to resubmit the spending plan in a second validation referendum on June 16. The budget failed in an improbable tie vote in Cumberland and North Yarmouth on May 26. Turnout at […]

FREEPORT — The School Committee unanimously approved a one-time amendment to the Pownal tuition agreement Monday night. The move returns $44,000 to School Administrative District 62 to help relieve an unusual tax increase for Pownal in fiscal year 2010. Due to a spike in state valuation, a reduction of carry forward funds and terms of […]

FALMOUTH — The four candidates running for Town Council weighed in Monday on some of the town’s hot topics during a Candidates Night sponsored by The Forecaster. Moderator Andy Sparks interspersed questions seeking individual answers with others that sought single-word, written answers from all candidates simultaneously. While incumbent Councilors Will Armitage and Joe Wrobleski stressed […]

CUMBERLAND — Two newcomers will face off for one School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors seat June 9, while three incumbents are running unopposed for the Town Council. Karen Campbell and Michael Brown each said they were motivated to run for the SAD 51 board when, just days before the nomination deadline, they heard […]

YARMOUTH — Morghan Najour looked at the clock and said she had to run to the store to pick up groceries before attending her last class at Yarmouth High School. It wasn’t rude or dismissive, it was as if she was reminding herself of what she had to do in the next two hours. Like […]

CUMBERLAND — After graduating from Greely High School next Sunday, Isabelle Pisini is hoping she’ll be able to keep working with her hands. The Washington, D.C., college she’ll attend – Catholic University of America – doesn’t have a major in her field. But she’s hoping that having Gallaudet University, which educates deaf and hard-of-hearing students, […]

PORTLAND — The 36th Annual Old Port Festival takes place Sunday, June 7. This year’s unofficial kick-off to summer features seven music stages throughout the Old Port, an exotic petting zoo, rock climbing wall, amusement rides for kids – and what promoters hope will be a record-breaking lobster roll. The festival kicks off at 11 […]