CAPE ELIZABETH — Town and school officials unveiled their proposed budgets last week, both acknowledging the considerable unknowns in the proposed state biennial budget. The school budget, a $22.5 million spending plan, will rely on sharing resources to maintain the current level of education and services, said Superintendent Meredith Nadeau. The proposed budget increases spending […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — One week before voters cast ballots at the Community Center, three of four District 1 City Council candidates elaborated on their positions and personalities at a City Hall forum Tuesday night. Planning Board member Rob Schreiber was unable to attend the forum hosted by the South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber, leaving School […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A blue-ribbon commission awaits two more stripes, and the farmers market site remains in limbo after Monday’s City Council meeting. By a 5-1 vote, with Councilor Jerry Jalbert in opposition, the appointment of the Blue Ribbon Committee to explore councilor, school board and committee compensation was postponed for two weeks to allow […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Race organizers have announced the dates for the first-come, first-serve online race registration for the 16th Annual TD Beach to Beacon Road Race on Aug. 3. Registration for 1,900 Cape Elizabeth-resident lottery slots will begin at 7 a.m., Thursday, March 14. Registration for the 4,000 slots available to the general public begins […]

SCARBOROUGH — At present, they are wooded parcels along two well-traveled town roads. After Monday, March 11, acreage along Payne Road and on the south side of U.S. Route 1 could be in for some changes as developers seek Planning Board input and approval for three construction projects. Representatives of Scarborough Properties LLC believe they […]

SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough councilors joined the chorus of municipal discontent Wednesday night as they unanimously passed a resolution condemning current state budget proposals and asking legislators to pass a bill creating local option sales taxes. The resolution targets the proposed biennial budget presented by Gov. Paul LePage, which proposes suspending revenue sharing of income and […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Parks and Recreation Director Rick Towle said work to raze the clubhouse at Wilkinson Park on New York Avenue is expected to begin Monday, March 11. The clubhouse, built in 1950 by the Sunset Park Association and now on city-owned land, is expected to be removed by the end of the month. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A two-month effort to retrieve outstanding parking fines netted almost $9,500 for city coffers before it concluded last Thursday. South Portland Deputy Finance Director Kristie Bradbury reported the amnesty period, which allowed for payment of outstanding parking tickets without other fees and charges, reduced a three-year balance on unpaid tickets from more […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The public is invited to a City Council workshop next week on the potential impact of importing Canadian “tar sands” oil into the city. The workshop is at 6 p.m., Monday, March 11, at the Community Center, 21 Nelson Road. Representatives of city-based Portland Pipeline Company and the Natural Resources Council of Maine […]