PORTLAND — Several events in greater Portland will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, including a March for Justice, a performance of one of King’s sermons and a gospel concert. The holiday, always the third Monday of January, falls this year on Jan. 16. It celebrates the life of the slain civil rights […]

PORTLAND — The first thing Doug Sherwood had to do when the School Department decided to restore and move two 12-by-15 murals from the Nathan Clifford School was determine who owned them. “They were commissioned by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s or 40s,” Sherwood, the department’s facilities director, said. “So we had to […]

FALMOUTH — If there’s one thing to be learned by reading old newspapers, it’s that times may change, but often the news stays the same. The first issue of the Falmouth Forecaster, published Oct. 23, 1986, had a front-page story about installing a town-run swimming pool. The debate has been reopened several times in the […]

FALMOUTH — The Falmouth Rod & Gun Club has reopened after making safety improvements on all of its ranges. The club’s four ranges were shut down last spring after police and town inspectors discovered safety violations, including berms that were not high enough to stop bullets from going onto neighboring properties. “They’ve done an outstanding […]