FREEPORT — The Town Council on Tuesday met with department heads and set a public budget hearing for June 3 as it continued to work through operating, capital and tax increment financing budgets for fiscal year 2015.  The council met with the town’s general assistance officer, library director, park manager, harbor master, train center manager, police […]

FALMOUTH — The Town Council voted 5-1 Monday to construct a 10-foot-wide bridge at River Point Conservation Area, essentially reversing an earlier decision to build a narrower structure.  The decision did not come easily, however, with two councilors calling the motion a violation of council rules and others suggesting that governmental bodies must revisit issues when new information […]

Police in Nevada say the two people killed in a school shooting were a staff member and a student who was likely the attacker. Two other students were critically injured in the violence that erupted before classes began Monday.

YARMOUTH — This summer when parents from away flock to Maine for vacation they can leave their kids’ cribs, high chairs and Pack ‘n Plays behind. Yarmouth native Rebecca Russell Spear this month founded Mainely Babies, the latest addition to the burgeoning baby gear rental industry. The company rents everything from car seats to baby […]