The Youth Voices Film Festival will highlight skateboarding culture and adventure sports of Midcoast Maine and beyond.
Community
Kittery Town Council approves $22.8 million municipal budget
The budget is expected to result in an 8.5% tax increase, though the mill rate won’t be officially set until September.
Group behind Live Nation venue in Portland is preparing to sue the city
The City Council halted the controversial 3,300-seat Portland Music Hall project last month by expanding a required buffer between large music venues.
Westbrook firefighters rescue dog from roof of apartment building
The dog, River, got on the roof through an open window.
Bowdoin temporarily withdraws Kingfield campsite application
The college will reapply after 6 months to allow the town time to review its ordinances.
Maine Audubon opens native plant education center
The new building at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth will be used for events and the organization’s growing native plant program.
Scarborough to vote on data center moratorium
Other Maine communities also are considering temporary pauses to data center proposals.
Brunswick man accused of killing neighbor pleads not guilty
Tanner Dostie, of Brunswick, appeared at a Portland courtroom Thursday to plead not guilty to the murder of his neighbor, Dennis Blasens.
An Arundel boatbuilding school is exploring its future with a Massachusetts maritime college
The Landing School of Boatbuilding & Design recently announced it is closing but has now entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Northeast Maritime Institute.
Windham public hearing debates changing town meetings to ballots
Residents will vote on whether to change the town’s budget process.