Fired up for trucks Pineland Farms Harvest Festival includes corn maze, pumpkin patch Celebrate autumn at Pineland Farms’ 7th annual Harvest Festival, a family-friendly community event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2. Activities for all ages include apple cider demonstrations, a 5-acre corn maze, pumpkin patch and much more. Costumes are highly […]
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Blue Mass in Lewiston honors state’s first responders
Gov. Mills, former Gov. LePage, Sen. Collins among those in attendance.
Twig art on display during Wiscasset Art Walk
Susy Perrine is a self-described twig artist and will be building a garden structure out of twigs during the Wiscasset Art Walk from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30. She’ll be under a tent on one of the sidewalks in Wiscasset Village. “I’m interested in the process almost as much as in the end result,” […]
Scotland’s Skerryvore band takes stage in Boothbay Harbor Oct. 2
Two-time winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music Live Act of the Year Award, Skerryvore will bring its fusion of folk, traditional, rock and pop to the stage at Maine’s historic Boothbay Harbor Opera House at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2. The group was originally scheduled to start its U.S. tour last year, but it was […]
OTELCO has begun preparing to install high speed fiber for internet services in Scarborough
The company will bring the fiber to 1,600 locations in the town.
Volunteers needed for National Public Lands Day
The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge needs help restoring a native shrubland habitat that is home to species including the endangered New England cottontail, a native Maine rabbit.
Scarborough seeking to replace outdated language regulating manufactured housing
One town councilor says the current ordinance regulates ‘too much.’
Search for Scarborough police chief continues
The town is fielding a second wave of candidates.
Gordon Weil: COVID-19 plus aging changes Maine, national economies
Help wanted. These words are usually a sign of prosperity and opportunity. Now, they are a symbol of frustration as employers search in vain for workers. The conventional wisdom had been that when COVID-19 cases went down, so would unemployment. Some maintained that federal unemployment benefits were discouraging people from job seeking, but that would change once the benefits ended. The reduced number of coronavirus cases produced the expected […]
Thanks to those who helped with FRIENDS of Scarborough Library book sale
To the Community of Scarborough The FRIENDS of Scarborough Library held a successful book sale this past weekend. We know many of you were eagerly awaiting the sale because the last one was held in June 2019!! That seems like a long time ago. Thanks for your patience and support. An event like this takes […]