NORTH YARMOUTH — The Board of Selectmen has made its recommendation for a town center development plan. Four public meetings will be held to discuss the proposal next month. Two of the three scenarios proposed by Portland firm Planning Decisions last November involved developing North Yarmouth Memorial School, which was closed and transferred to the […]

FALMOUTH — Two significant parcels of land may be preserved as open space, one to be owned by the Falmouth Land Trust and the other by the town. The Town Council on Feb. 9 approved a transfer of $400,000 from the seldom-used Parks Land Capital Fund to help FLT acquire Capall Creek Farm, or what […]

FREEPORT — The town is trying to reduce the cost of solar energy equipment for residents by encouraging enough people to sign up so Freeport can qualify for bulk pricing. If successful, it would be the first bulk purchase of solar equipment by a Maine municipality. The Solarize Freeport effort was launched in November to […]

FALMOUTH — A vision has started to take shape for improvements to the Route 100 corridor. Theo Holtwijk, the town’s director of long-range planning, said the Route 100 Vision Committee on Feb. 11 came up with four guidelines it would like to see included in developing the area. He said these aspects would help “re-create […]