SCARBOROUGH — If all goes according to plan, a local developer could build about 40 one-bedroom apartments in the Dunstan neighborhood.  The development would boost so-called “workforce housing,” which many residents and officials say the town desperately needs.  “This kind of housing is a definite need for Scarborough, for our working families,” Planning Board member […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a policy that would allow the city to charge property owners $100-$500 for mixing trash with recyclables. Under certain situations, the city could also take away its blue recycling bins from residents who fail to separate their trash. Councilor Tom Blake opposed the measure, […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Town councilors sent $760,000 worth of suggested Fort Williams Park improvements to the Planning Board, while assuring the public that the recommendations are not immediate needs in the upcoming town budget. “This is laying out a game plan for how we would like to approach upgrading and improving the park over time,”Councilor […]

SCARBOROUGH — Superintendent George Entwistle III offered a sober outlook in a budget discussion with the School Board last week. “We have the fiscal picture and the reality of what’s been happening,” he said on Feb. 16. “There’s a mindset that says ‘We’re making do.’ I say, sure, we’re making do. But we’re not doing […]