CAPE ELIZABETH — Talya Edlund, a third-grade teacher at Pond Cove Elementary School, was named Maine’s 2016 Teacher of the Year on Monday. Edlund was surprised with the news during a school-wide assembly, where the award was announced by a representative from the Maine Department of Education. “I’m so, so grateful to every single one of you that’s […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — As the city continues to move ahead with environmentally sustainable initiatives above ground, Community Planner Steve Puleo is charting the progress made underground.  After establishing new regulations and encouraging best management practices and low-impact development to improve how stormwater is managed, progress is now trackable.  “We’re trying to green the city through development,” Puleo said […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — About a dozen residents have complained to city officials about pollsters who are reportedly providing misleading information about the city’s proposed ban on pesticides. City Manager Jim Gailey said the city is not responsible for the phone surveys, and city officials don’t know who is or how the calls are being funded.  According […]

SCARBOROUGH — Candidates for the Town Council agreed about most issues during a public forum Wednesday night, particularly that the annual budget process has to change. The five-person race for two available Town Council seats is the only contested election voters will find on the November ballot. All four candidates running for the School Board and […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The deadline to apply for the library director position at Thomas Memorial Library is Oct. 14. The current director, Jay Scherma, who has worked at the library for almost 20 years, in June announced he will retire by the end of January. The plan is to have a new library director in place by […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Once a year a local church takes its focus off people and instead holds a special ceremony for animals. For its 10th annual Blessing of the Animals ceremony Sunday, Oct. 4, the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church will be expanding the celebration to include other living things as well, such as plants. The […]

SCARBOROUGH — Abigail Carroll would never have guessed that as a former trader in the Paris stock market, she would eventually start her own oyster farm in the waters off southern Maine. After ending a relationship, leaving France and moving back to Maine for the summer, one of Carroll’s friends wanted to start an oyster farm […]