SOUTH PORTLAND —  A team of about 50 sixth-graders at Memorial Middle School took first place – and $3,000 – in a statewide contest to reduce waste at their school. The students competed in the “Zero-Waste Challenge,” sponsored by the Chewonki Foundation and Poland Spring Bottling, to research their school’s garbage habits and create a […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Six month after holding its inaugural bazaar, the city’s first weekly farmers market is still struggling for customers. If traffic doesn’t improve, organizers say the market may not survive. “What that threshold is, I don’t know,” said Caitlin Jordan, of Alewive’s Brook Farm in Cape Elizabeth, who manages the market. “We need […]

SCARBOROUGH — A New York senior housing developer is a step closer to building an 81-unit facility at Oak Hill after the town’s Planning Board gave the plan preliminary approval. In the process, the board rebuked several Oak Hill residents who oppose building the facility near the busy intersection of Black Point Road and Route […]

BATH — The City Council voted 6-2 Wednesday to reverse its previous decision and rescind creation of a corporation to run the former National Guard Armory. The nonprofit entity – Bath Armory – would have overseen and operated the Old Brunswick Road facility, which is now owned by the city. The building, following planned improvements, […]