FALMOUTH — After five years at the U.S. Small Business Administration, Falmouth resident Jeanne Hulit last week announced her departure from the federal agency to take an executive position at Maine’s Northeast Bancorp. Hulit has served for the past five months as acting administrator of the SBA, a cabinet-level position. She took over the SBA’s […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Skyline Farm’s Sleigh Day, back for its 15th year on Saturday, Feb. 8, celebrates the “Rhythm of Winter.” That’s the name of the Skyline Farm Carriage Museum’s new exhibit, which includes vintage sleighs, sleigh-themed period music and musical scores. Skyline Farm is located at 95 The Lane. Pam Ames, its vice president […]

FREEPORT — Police are warning consumers to beware the services of a chimney repairman and home improvement contractor operating in the area. The Massachusetts attorney general’s office in 2006 sued Richard Myers, alleging that he engaged in home improvement work on a suspended license, requested excessive cash advances, and failed to refund payments for work […]

FREEPORT — A series of studies commissioned by the Town Council and conducted over the summer yielded new information about the invasive green crabs plaguing Maine’s coastal waters, but was largely compromised by timing and a lack of maintenance, according to a preliminary report. Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — The rooms are dark, each step precarious, the air choked with layers of smoke as an army of heavy-suited firefighters, clenching a water hose, proceeds into the burning building. But last weekend, inside a specially prepared house in Yarmouth, the burn was controlled; education was the focus. The skills these students learned […]