Range Road project will require $4M in borrowing, to be repaid by TIF  CUMBERLAND — The Town Council Monday authorized borrowing $4 million to help fund the first phase of Range Road reconstruction. The bond for the project, which runs from Winn Road to Idlewood Drive, is expected to be paid back entirely with proceeds […]

YARMOUTH — Town Manager Nat Tupper presented a preliminary fiscal 2010 budget to the Town Council last week that increases municipal spending by about 1 percent while maintaining the capital improvement plan and employee contracts. Tupper said the 1.13 percent increase would offset revenue losses caused by the economy and loss of revenue from the […]

FALMOUTH — A 90-acre residential condominium development, slowed for several years by debates over vernal pool regulations, has been sold to owners who say they have the wherewithal to endure the current economic downturn. Falmouth residents and business partners Michael Payson and James Westcott, of Ridgewood Associates LLC, have purchased Ridgewood Estates, located between Falmouth […]

Nazia Shir of Cape Elizabeth receives her certificate of U.S. citizenship Tuesday from Rodolfo Lara, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Portland office, in a naturalization ceremony at Falmouth Middle School. About 50 people from different countries became U.S. citizens during the event, part of the fifth grade’s unit on immigration. The ceremony […]

FREEPORT — In less than a month, the Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors is expected to name a superintendent for the Freeport-Pownal-Durham school district. In the meantime, a committee of board members, administrators, teachers and residents will gather public input and interview the candidates. They will present their recommendation to the board on March […]

FREEPORT — While a preliminary Chamber of Commerce proposal did not earn the support of the Freeport Merchant’s Association board, closed-door discussions with the Chamber Task Force proved successful and a compromise has been reached. FMA directors voted Feb. 4 to continue discussions with the Chamber Task Force to create a chamber of commerce. The […]

Kevin Chute and Virginia Boyles take a salsa lesson at the second annual Flavors of Freeport Festival last Saturday. The weekend-long event was organized to help raise awareness about the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign against heart disease. (Matthew DeLorme photo)

FREEPORT — After three public meetings, a proposal to extend School Street to Bow Street still is receiving tepid response from residents of the School, Park and Bow street neighborhoods. At Monday night’s meeting with a landscape architect and engineer, nearly 20 residents expressed concerns about the necessity of the planning study, the cost of […]

Falmouth students bring help, gain insight into Katrina’s lingering effect  FALMOUTH — A recent trip down south to help build a house became a crash course in reality and a lesson in appreciation for a group of Falmouth High School students. The 10 student volunteers and two chaperons traveled to Bay St. Louis, Miss., in […]

FREEPORT — The Town Council Tuesday night voted unanimously to upgrade the Town Hall ventilation system with a system burns either oil or gas. Town Planner Donna Larson previously recommended a heat pump system that would run on electricity with a back-up burner, but with a price tag of approximately $220,000, she said the payback […]