FREEPORT — Beth Edmonds, director of the Freeport Community Library, will be retiring next year after more than 30 years at local libraries. Edmonds, who started working at B.H. Bartol Library as a volunteer in 1982, will be retiring Feb. 5. She became director of the Freeport Community Library in 2005. B.H. Bartol Library, the town’s […]

YARMOUTH — When Dick Knight walked into the Yarmouth Historical Society wearing his winter hat, he brought back a trend the town hadn’t seen in decades. The black and orange Fair Isle watch cap was knitted by Yarmouth resident Mary Burns in the 1950s when Knight was a high school student at North Yarmouth Academy. […]

CUMBERLAND — Recommendations for a mooring area and new pier at the former Payson property go before the Town Council Monday, Dec. 14. The town purchased a portion of the property – also referred to by the town as the Broad Cove Reserve – from Portland-based developer Bateman Partners for $3 million last December. Bateman […]

Brothers Levi and Joshua Kelley-Cohen dressed up in their santa suits to watch the Sparkle Parade Dec. 4 in Freeport and were clearly excited to see Santa “sail” by in his boat.

FREEPORT — Jim Cram has been hired as the new executive director of the Freeport Historical Society. Cram has lived in Freeport for the past three years, and was also a local resident for more than a decade in the ’70s and ’80s. He took over Dec. 7, replacing James Myall, who resigned Nov. 20. According […]

FALMOUTH — School Board members on Monday said they are thinking about  getting away from the pay-to-participate model for high school and middle school activities. No action was taken at the workshop meeting and, given that it is very early in the budget process, it is unclear whether there will be any changes made to […]

FALMOUTH — Plans to turn a mansion on Woodville Road into a bed and breakfast will be heading to the Planning Board. The Board of Zoning Appeals granted conditional use approval Nov. 24 to Marc Christenen’s application to turn his home – known as the Mirabelle mansion on 200 Woodville Road – into a bed […]

FALMOUTH — The executive specialty chef at the OceanView retirement community was named crowd favorite at last weekend’s Shop Falmouth cook-off. Chris Ventimiglia’s seafood bisque received the most votes from the public for the Dec. 5 event’s chili, chowder, soup and stew competition. Ventimiglia’s seafood bisque beat out eight other entries from local restaurants. Other […]

FALMOUTH — Plans for a school-run educational greenhouse on Woodville Road are slowly taking root – slower than originally planned. The School Department had to go through the town’s permitting process before plans were made to install the hoop house, a tunnel-like structure made of polyethylene used to heat plants inside the structure faster than heat […]