OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town has extended the moratorium for non-residential cultivation of medical marijuana another 60 days, so that it will now expire Jan. 12. The town council unanimously passed the extension last week. The moratorium was initially established July 16, and this is the second time the town has extended it. The […]

OGUNQUIT — The majority of the Ogunquit Select Board recently approved the purchase of an additional 40 acres of conservation land on Vinton Road, near the town’s dog park and transfer station. The land is currently undeveloped, forested farmland owned by the Basset family. This November, voters will decide whether or not to expend $300,000 […]

NEW YORK — After Superstorm Sandy, officials in New York and New Jersey vowed to make sure the unprecedented destruction wouldn’t happen again. Two years later, would it? There are some concrete signs of tougher protections, from a nearly-finished sea wall protecting two devastated New Jersey towns to a Long Island boardwalk rebuilt to serve […]

BIDDEFORD — Nearly three years ago, many were thrilled when the nearly 157-acre parcel on Biddeford’s coastline known as Timber Point became part of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. Conservationists, neighbors and many others were happy that the property, one of the last large, virtually undisturbed properties in southern Maine, would be forever preserved […]

WASHINGTON — The Army’s troubled $5 billion intelligence fusion network has been a source of lucrative contracts for companies whose employees once worked for the Army, but it has failed on its promise to make data seamlessly accessible to soldiers in the field, according to records and interviews. The Distributed Common Ground System, or DCGS-A, […]