Rise Pizza would like to stay open until 10 p.m. on weekends, instead of 9, as required by zoning.

Graham Shove, head of the SAD 51 Education Association, declined to comment on negotiations or why the teachers contract has been unable to resolve since January.

Seven Maine nonprofits and communities received a total of $112,726 in grants through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The young Portland director received the Emerging Maine Filmmaker Award for the project showing the community in one of Maine's most diverse neighborhoods.

The fundraiser for the Tunnels to Towers Foundation drew 300 runners to Payson Park.

Housing north of Portland has become too expensive for many people who work in those communities.

The town likely would have to borrow money, which requires voter approval.

An estimated 19,000 Maine kids have attended Camp Susan Curtis over the past five decades.

HenryFest will feature food trucks, craft workshops, lawn games, an instrument discovery tent and free massages and more. Tickets are $30 through Saturday, Aug. 31, and $35 the week-of.

The new Patty Kittredge Memorial Fund provides early learning kits for kids at Merrill Memorial Library.

Some residents spoke against the developments at an Aug. 20 Planning Board meeting.

The Maine Turnpike Authority estimates over a million drivers will be on the highways between Friday and Monday.

The route runs later on weekday evenings, and in the fall, Metro will pilot a micro-transit program to serve the portion of the route that goes to the Town Landing and OceanView.

The Army Corps of Engineers presented its findings on the impact of returning the river to its natural state.

Prince Memorial Library hosted a car maintenance session for teens, taught by a local auto professional.

Remy Buxton is "kind and humble," according to his Scoutmaster Helena Hollauer.

The town is asked to amend its contract with Casella Waste Systems to pay for cameras added to the trucks in order to continue the town's pay-as-you-throw program.

Three residents argued that a permit for a neighbor's 48-panel solar array should be revoked due to concerns over property value, among others.

A sign posting the speed limit at 35 mph was found to be incorrect, as the state had set the road at 45 mph. About 60 residents have petitioned to reduce it.

The shop is offering expanded vegan and gluten-free options, inspired by the new owner's daughter with celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that causes severe reactions to eating gluten.

"Saving Walden's World" will show at Yarmouth's First Parish Church at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13.

Falmouth Land Trust, Cultivating Community, ReVision Energy and Hurricane Valley Farm worked together to add solar panels to the community farm to boost its resiliency and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

Tom Bell's short film on the Portland radio station won the Tourmaline Prize for best Maine-made short film at the Maine International Film Festival.

Matt Sturgis has spent his first two months on the job working on a handful of key agenda items for the town.

Funding for the roundabout at the intersection of Route 100/Gray Road and Skillin and Blackstrap roads in Cumberland is part of a $52 million allotment for the Maine Department of Transportation.

Anna Welch has a long recovery ahead from the multiple serious injuries she suffered in a training accident this month.

The town may have to acquire some property rights at the locations, one on the Foreside and the other near Mackworth Point, to stabilize the threat.

The bakers and staff will remain, although the pink exterior won't.

What started out as a couple of young women taking a winter swim at a Scarborough beach is now "this wonderful group for people from all walks of life and people of all ages."

A community survey is underway and other opportunities will be available for the public to list their priorities for climate change mitigation strategies.

The Cumberland-North Yarmouth district will set up a building committee of stakeholders, and numerous subcommittees, to help guide the project, with the goal of opening a new pre-K and Grade 1 school in three years.

Julia Gagnon of "American Idol" fame and her fiance perform old and new songs for more than 350 fans.

This year's festival program, including multiple appearances by American Idol's Julia Gagnon, was a little harder to pull off because of a drop-off in the number of volunteers.

Services will be held next week for the well-known matriarch of Sweetser's Apple Barrel and Orchards in Cumberland, who died last week at 93.

Tori Hill was previously the community development director in Bridgton.

The 35-year-old poetry and arts journal this summer features the works of 17 Ukrainian poets and 12 Ukrainian artists "that reveal the depth of the Ukrainian soul in these trying times."

Portland artist Ryan Adams painted the mural with the help of students through the USM artist-in-residence program.

The Gorham campus has a 60-minute grace period for parking, and 30 minutes at the Portland campus.

The protesters demand that a Bath Iron Works vice president and a former vice president "stop arming genocide' in Palestine.

The Town Council will hold two public information sessions to clarify information about the proposed ordinance update and its impacts.

Better Together Acres has launched a farm store and Well & Good Brewing Company is set to open soon.

The Falmouth Planning Board gives preliminary approval to the addition of 29 residences at Blueberry Commons.

Other free Concerts in the Park headliners are Misspent Youth and Jeezum Crow.

A South Portland production company films part of the docuseries's new season on Maccabe Road.

Marcel Kombo, aka Mister Trecy, will perform as part of the free African Summer Concert Series.

The Turn the Tide Coalition, with members from throughout Cumberland County, seeks to put an end to phone-centered childhoods and get kids thinking creatively, playing and interacting again.

The business finds homes for rescue cats from across the state, hosts community events with cats and sells cat-related goods made by local artists.

The mixed-use building will have 15 market-rate apartments and three retail units.

A mooring business owner and a "regular presence" at the Falmouth Town Landing, Kourinos is honored for saving the life of a woman trapped in a submerged car in Portland last November.