NORTH YARMOUTH — The town is accepting applications through Wednesday, Oct. 8, from candidates for the fire-rescue chief job vacated last month by Ricky Plummer. In the meantime, Michael Robitaille – Yarmouth’s fire-rescue chief – has been appointed by the town to serve in North Yarmouth in an interim capacity until Plummer’s permanent replacement has […]

FREEPORT — Incumbent Rich DeGrandpre faces one challenger as he seeks his fifth term as town councilor-at-large. Newcomer Bill Rixon hopes to take DeGrandpre’s seat on the seven-person council. Two other councilors are also seeking re-election, although they are uncontested: Councilor Sarah Tracy in District 2 and Councilor Kristina Egan in District 3. Rich DeGrandpre […]

AUGUSTA — Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked Gov. Paul LePage’s nomination of Susan Dench of Falmouth to the University of Maine System board of trustees. Senators unanimously supported 50 other nominations to a range of boards and committees. Tuesday’s 17-15 party-line vote followed an 8-5 party-line Education Committee vote against Dench on Friday, Sept. 26. […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — North Yarmouth Veterans Memorial Park has a new board of directors, new officers, and a new set of bylaws. The five-acre park, which sits at the corner of Memorial Highway (Route 9) and Parsonage Road, was created in 1949, on land provided by Henry Sweetser. In a gathering Sept. 25 that crowded […]

FALMOUTH — The Police Department received a $2,000 grant from the Maine Municipal Association to buy new exterior vests. The vests will allow officers to wear their body armor on the outside of their uniforms. It will also allow officers to redistribute their duty belt equipment to the vest, which in turn will put less weight on […]

FALMOUTH — The 27th annual Apple Day Celebration is Oct. 3-4 at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road. On Friday, Oct. 3, John Bunker, apple tree expert and board member of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, will present a history of apple trees in Maine, how orchards help bees and other pollinators, and […]

FALMOUTH — Voters will head to the polls Nov. 4 for a single local ballot question: whether to fund renovation and expansion of Falmouth Memorial Library. The project will cost $5.6 million, with the town committed to financing half, or just over $2.8 million. The rest will be funded by a capital campaign organized by the […]