SCARBOROUGH — The Town Council on Wednesday approved the designation of 48 properties as historic, including the Higgins Beach Inn on Ocean Avenue, the Old Maine House on Pine Point Road and the Mulberry Milliken Tavern on Route 1. The full list of properties can be found in the meeting agenda.  The council also conducted a […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — When an organization at Cape Elizabeth High School decided to hold a contest, the members thought they would just be helping girls who wanted to go to prom. They’ve now realized their efforts have had a much larger impact, as they have spurred student creativity and inspired others to volunteer and give […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — When Paul and Rebecca Sahlin realized how well kickboxing and yoga complement each other, they also realized that not many fitness studios combine the two activities. After the couple moved to Cape Elizabeth two years ago, they decided the town was the perfect place to open the studio they’d been imagining. Last November, […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Bob’s Stores, a Meriden, Connecticut-based clothing and footwear store, will open its first store in Maine at 301 Maine Mall Road on Sunday, March 22. More than 30 Bob’s locations dot the New England landscape. The new 16,500-square-foot store will be the first in the chain to carry camping and kayak equipment. On […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — One of the oldest retirement facilities in southern Maine faces a modern financial challenge as it turns 100 this year. In the spring, the Cape Elizabeth Home will likely be forced to raise tenants’ rents in an effort to balance an already tight budget with minimal outside funding.  Still subsisting from an initial […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — City Manager Jim Gailey presented the City Council with an overview of the fiscal 2016 capital improvement plan budget that for the first time includes three environmentally friendly, or “green” projects.  The total proposed 2016 capital improvement budget is approximately $8 million.  “This is the first year, through our Climate Action Plan, that […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Protect South Portland received the Judy Bond Memorial Award for its effort to curb the transfer of tar sands within the city via Portland Pipe Line Corp.’s infrastructure. The award was presented March 15 at the 28th annual Local Environmental Action Conference at Northeastern University in Boston.  Protect South Portland was founded in […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland High School ecology program recently received ecomaine’s eco-Excellence Award for efforts to initiate and maintain a recycling and composting service at the high school. The program helps to divert nearly nine tons of waste each year from the school’s solid waste stream, according to a press release from ecomaine, which […]