NORTH YARMOUTH — While many other area towns are facing budget deficits, both real and anticipated, North Yarmouth seems to be faring well, according to second-quarter financial reports. With a majority of expenditures at or below the 50 percent mark halfway through the fiscal year and most revenues higher, the Board of Selectmen seemed unfazed […]

FALMOUTH —The Maine Department of Education has approved the School Department’s alternative school reorganization plan. The decision means the district can remain independent and avoid a financial penalty of more than $470,000. Superintendent George Entwistle III said the town officially received the news Tuesday afternoon. Entwistle said he learned last Thursday, Jan. 8, that a […]

Photo courtesy Carolyn Currie Cumberland singer-songwriter Carolyn Currie will perform an encore show Jan. 17 at Portland’s Southworth Planetarium. CUMBERLAND — In the middle of working on her doctorate in art history, Carolyn Currie’s husband, Doug, asked her a simple question. “Do you want a Ph.D. or CD?” he said. In her warm, sunlit Cumberland […]

YARMOUTH — The investigation into the fire that destroyed a Route 1 office building and displaced more than two dozen businesses on Jan. 2 continued this week. Police Chief Michael Morrill said the Yarmouth fire and police departments met with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, representatives of the Office of the State […]

Hank Adams takes advantage of fresh snow last Sunday at Twin Brook in Cumberland. The snow restored the recreation area trails, which had disappeared in a late-December thaw.

CUMBERLAND — Officials reported Monday that the town faces a nearly $282,000 budget shortfall due primarily to decreased revenues. With that in mind, town councilors began discussing cuts to this year’s spending, as well as considerations for next year’s budget, which could face even lower revenues and might also need to accommodate a project to […]

Towns are facing grim financial realities under the governor’s budget proposal for fiscal years 2010-2011. After cutting $80 million in state spending in November for fiscal year 2009, Gov. John Baldacci continued the cuts and accounts for a revenue decline of $140 million in his 2009 Emergency Supplemental Budget. Under his proposal, in fiscal 2010, […]

FALMOUTH — With small businesses scrambling to attract customers in a shaky economy, some business owners are hoping to change local ordinances that regulate sandwich-board style signs. The Town Council took up the discussion at Monday’s meeting. Councilor Dave Libby said he’d had several constituents talk to him about the need for additional signs to […]

YARMOUTH — Dr. Gary Howard, a dentist and member of Rotary, will leave for Mexico Jan. 15 to participate in his second mission to provide corrective surgeries and restorative operations for hundreds of children and adults. Howard will travel to Oaxaca, Mexico, for a 10-day mission to treat burn victims and patients with cleft lips […]