SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors on Wednesday unanimously approved a ban on the use of tobacco products at or within 25 feet of the city’s public beaches, parks and recreation facilities.  The ordinance was crafted and promoted, with the help of Mayor Rosemarie De Angelis, by members of South Portland High School Interact Club, who […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — A dispute with the Town Council over the route of the planned Shore Road Pathway could cost the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust a $350,000 allocation. It also may jeopardize the entire pathway project. The council on June 13 unanimously approved the allocation to help the trust acquire 63 acres of open space […]

SCARBOROUGH — For nearly a month, subcommittees of the Wentworth Building Committee have been meeting with the School Board and Town Council to develop a proposal for a new intermediate school.  Now there’s a preliminary price tag on the project: $38.3 million.  The building committee had promised its proposal would cost less and be smaller […]

BATH — A moratorium on the installation of wireless “smart” electric meters still stands after the City Council’s Wednesday night meeting. The council, which discussed the matter in executive session June 22 and held an executive session Wednesday on what was only described as a legal matter, took no action after reconvening in public. Central […]