Thomas Bennett, who transformed the library by digitizing their catalog and expanding programming, has accepted a new role with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to focus on archaeology and historic preservation.

It was the first discussion about a statement recognizing the Wabanaki people and their connection to the land at a town level.

The removal of the dams — a project decades in the making — will restore aquatic habitat and allow for the movement of fish in the river.

The South Portland-based nonprofit partners with over 40 schools in Greater Portland in addition to grocers, food pantries and other organizations to supply children and families in need with nutritious food.

Equal Measure Arts will provide scholarships to emerging artists to access, learn and record music at Monaco Studios in Falmouth.

The fund, run through the Maine Community Foundation, distributed over $222,000 in grants for a wide range of community-focused projects in 2024.

With the help of volunteers and the expertise of Town 4 Trail Services, a sustainable trail design and construction company, Falmouth Land Trust has begun updating their trails with climate-resilient strategies.

The new Metro Connect aims to service areas where the Route 7 bus will no longer stop as of Dec. 29.

The nearly $2.5 million three-year federal grant for the project will make it so Maine is no longer the sole state to not inventory any sexual assault kits.

The SAD 51 School Board will vote on the contract on Dec. 19, finalizing the agreement that has been negotiated since January.

Town Council authorized applying for a grant to help fund EV charging stations, pending approval from the town’s budget process.

At the Falmouth Town Council meeting on Dec. 9, the town presented the changes to a controversial pesticide and fertilizer ordinance based on community feedback and delayed its approval as small changes will still be made.

The Yarmouth nonprofit recently repaired its bulkhead, giving harvesters and researchers access to the Cousins River.

The town of Yarmouth installed 13 new municipal signs around town in the second phase of its rebranding campaign that began in 2022 with a new logo.

Seven Yarmouth students received the Wellcome Prize for Student Historians for their research papers and films.

Katie Murphy was honored for her dedication to preserving town history in North Yarmouth.

Local holiday events in the Greater Portland region support local businesses and bring a sense of community cheer.

The nonprofit organization is looking to raise $1.5 million toward its new 16,000-square-foot building on Congress Street in Portland and to stock it for up to three years.

The Yarmouth Community Alliance for Racial Equity reached out to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to rename the waterfall to its earliest name, Pumgustuck. The name will soon appear on federal maps.

The project on Battery Steele was organized by Scout Malcolm Nelson for his Eagle Scout project.

The ballot measure to fund three infrastructure projects passed with 4,312 to 1,768 votes.

Local high schoolers are joining a trend of hardworking Gen Z teens.

The measure passed, 2521 votes to 410 votes. 

The ballot measure to fund three infrastructure projects passed with 4312 votes to 1768 votes.

A community feedback session on Oct. 30 brought up concerns over golf courses' exemption from the restriction, as well as suggesting an exemption for crabgrass management.

The district is dealing with a minor outbreak of the respiratory infection.

The Select and Planning boards are collaborating to expand and clarify the application process, among other details in the ordinances.

Greely Middle School student David Gilbert submitted his short film on the Americans with Disabilities Act to a National History Day contest and won the opportunity to speak with famed documentarian Ken Burns.

Stephen Smith is, to his knowledge, the only craftsperson hand-hewing logs commercially in North America.

The Town Council voted to amend the charter to target households in a wider range of income.

Jesse Lamarre-Vincent, leader of the project's Turf Committee, is confident the turf options presented will have an option that satisfies three core criteria: no PFAS, no tire crumb rubber infill, and the ability to eventually recycle the turf.

Four artists featured in this year's Yarmouth Art Festival discuss their work.

TowerPoint, which specializes in buying digital infrastructure, is offering $850,000 for future rent payments generated by the North Yarmouth tower.

An official called the change “minor” and said it would bring the charter up to date with current practices.

Allegiance Trucks is accusing DATTCO and a former employee of misappropriating confidential business information since the sale of its former Falmouth facility to the competitor in 2023 and the employee's hiring at DATTCO in May.

Yarmouth and North Yarmouth residents are discussing the towns proposals for dam removals and the impact on the river, adjacent properties and recreation options.

Cumberland, Falmouth, Gray, North Yarmouth, part of Long Island, and part of Yarmouth

Chebeague Island, Cumberland, part of Long Island

North Yarmouth and part of Gray

Part of Falmouth

John Wheaton is running to fill the remainder of David Ray's term, who stepped down for health reasons.

Mindy's Munchies started out of Mindy Mosca's kitchen in New Jersey nearly 20 years ago. The Falmouth shop is its first franchise location and run by a family friend.

The increase in fees, taking effect next year, are intended to prevent a rise in taxes to cover the expenses at Town Landing.

The Casco Bay Trail Alliance, which seeks to alter the Berlin Subdivision rail corridor to add a trail looping from Portland to Lewiston/Auburn, is asking towns along the route to sign off in support. Cumberland recently voted to postpone a decision.

The gluten-free bakery had to move after leasing its Portland location became too expensive, but it's now at home at the corner of Bucknam Road and Middle Road in Falmouth.

Youth involved in the livestock auctions often put money raised toward paying for college. Some 4-H club activities across the country have expanded to include computer coding and handmade fashion shows.

Falmouth Conservation Commission hosted the forum featuring Matt Simon, author of "A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies." Audience members repeatedly asked about artificial turf fields, one referencing the SAD 51 proposal for such a field.

The longtime committee member is undergoing cancer treatment and said he didn't have the energy to continue to serve the school district.

Two men with family history in Jordan and Palestine met in Old Orchard Beach and decided to start a business.

A stricter draft ordinance would prohibit the use and sale of common non-organic weed, grub, and crabgrass pesticides.

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.

Lyle Merrifield passed unexpectedly Sunday, two weeks before the fair opens.

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

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.

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."

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.

David Chase wants to build 72 single-family condominium homes in West Cumberland, with half qualifying as affordable housing.

Falmouth and Yarmouth have completed updates to the plans that will guide land use and other policies going forward.

This is the third year Julie and Bryce Davis have organized the event to send veterans and their families on a retreat.

The intention of the festival is to strengthen neighborly connections, bolster community spirit and "enjoy life together," an organizer says.

Denise Thorsson wins the at-large seat by just two votes.

Anne Fleming, Kellie Hall and Sarah Olivares win seats on the School Committee and voters Tuesday also approve the $39.3 million school budget.

Voters also approve the $49.4 million school budget.

Voters in North Yarmouth were against the school bond, 808-704, but it passed by 49 votes districtwide.

The main characters in "The Space Between You and Me" "come to the table with very different realities," says Julie True Kingsley.

The roundabout would make the Route 100 intersection safer and could boost economic development, the town says.

Yarmouth is among the towns stepping up events as a sign of support and to show they are welcoming communities.

Yarmouth Elementary School has received an Award for Educational Excellence from BirdSafe Maine.