ALFRED – Whether you’re in Alfred or Ellsworth, Lincoln, Old Orchard Beach or in some other Maine locale, you might want to keep a sharp eye toward the tree line, or around your bird feeder. It seems that barred owls, those creatures whose call sounds like “who cooks for you,” are being seen in many […]

ALFRED — It has been just a month since Alfred residents approved amendments to the zoning ordinance intended to encourage development along the town’s major arteries, and already, there have been some inquiries. Whether those inquiries turn into immediate action or do so over time is an unknown, but town officials say making the changes […]

SACO — Two of the most experienced local experts in preventing elderly exploitation and scam safety will present a free program at the Wardwell Home in Saco from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 11. The program is sponsored by the Altrusa Club of Biddeford and Saco as a public service and all are welcome […]

BIDDEFORD — A local arts cooperative is flourishing in its second year in downtown Biddeford. Flourish is a unique collective of artists located on Main Street. The collective holds a multitude of events referred to as “happenings” ranging from creative and performing arts, to visual and healing arts. Now in its second year, Flourish has […]

WATERBORO — Computer science, encompassing coding, robotics, forensics, and a variety of STEM-based career fields, is the largest growing field of the 21st century. Yet the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by the close of the decade, there will be a deficit of one million computer science graduates in the United States and the […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Regional School Unit 23 Board has released a preliminary budget proposal of $14.8 million for fiscal year 2019. This proposed budget is about an $873,000 increase from the current fiscal year budget. RSU 23 oversees education in the town of Old Orchard Beach. The current budget proposal was announced last […]

Dean’s Sweets, makers of hand-dipped truffles, caramels and butter creams in Portland, plans to open a second location in the city’s East Bayside neighborhood this spring to provide more production space and a second retail shop. There are no plans to close the existing 475 Fore Street location, said Dean Bingham, owner of the business. […]

Spectrum is coming under fire for moving local-access channels to what one opponent is calling “digital Siberia.” The cable company’s decision to put Maine local programming on channels in the 1300-range reflects a national strategy intended to squeeze local programming out of the lineup, says the head of a public-access advocacy group. Cable companies are […]

The starting salary for teachers would increase from the current $30,000 a year to at least $40,000 under any one of three bills presented Monday before the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee. Raising teachers’ starting pay was a signature campaign promise by Gov. Janet Mills, who put $10 million in her first budget to […]