A Page 1 story about firearms take-backs in last week’s edition incorrectly reported the name of Yarmouth Police Department Lt. Dean Perry.

YARMOUTH — Throughout the year, water all but vanishes from Yarmouth’s harbor, as the almost biweekly tides drain the shallow Royal River. In the warmer months, low tides leave docks and boats sitting cock-eyed in what looks like a giant mud pit, not a marina. The harbor’s mooring field is supposed to be 6 feet […]

YARMOUTH — A search committee will receive the final applications Friday in its search for a new school superintendent to replace Judy Paolucci, who resigned in December. The committee, made up of 13 teachers, administrators, parents and other community members, will hold its first meeting on Thursday with the recruiting firm, Future Management Systems, which […]

FREEPORT — Add the Town Council as another proponent of the $16.9 million Freeport High School renovation project headed to voters in Freeport, Pownal and Durham in June. The council decided unanimously Tuesday night to put their support behind the overhaul, which includes building a new entrance, adding nine new classrooms and replacing the current […]

FREEPORT — The District 2 Town Council special election has drawn two political newcomers who hope to restore the council to full strength after months of changes. Sarah Bradley Tracy, an energy lawyer for the Maine Public Utilities Commission, and Joyce Clarkson-Veilleux, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, will face off in the March 20 […]

FALMOUTH — After a year of negotiations, the Plummer-Motz and Lunt school properties have been sold to the OceanView retirement community. The sale of the three schools closed Feb. 27, said Chris Wasileski, spokesman for OceanView. The year-long process of obtaining proper state and town permits for the property, as well as the transfer of a […]

FALMOUTH — The School Board heard its first reading of two of the new drug and alcohol policies for the district at its Feb. 26 meeting. The sweeping revision of the district’s drug and alcohol code began in June as a part of a six-year review process. The revision is made up of five parts that […]

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — The fiscal 2014 municipal budget could increase by about $12,000, while it appears now that the school budget may wind up about the same as in fiscal year 2013, Town Administrator Eric Dyer said last week. Island voters approved a $2.88 million combined budget at Town Meeting last June, which included $1.96 […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — When Holly Perkins makes a return visit to Africa next month, she’s coming equipped with ballet slippers, tights and leotards. The 17-year-old, a senior at Merriconeag Waldorf High School in New Gloucester, visited an orphanage in the southeast African country of Tanzania with her family two years ago. Now Perkins is going […]