SCARBOROUGH — When it comes to work on the Pine Point Road bridge spanning the Pam Am railroad tracks, timing is everything. The actual work to refurbish or replace the bridge is at least two years away, but the dozen people who attended an informational meeting at the Municipal Building on Wednesday evening made it […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The continuing work at Mill Creek Park will include a new element after councilors Monday approved funding for improvements at the Veterans Green. By a unanimous vote at a special meeting preceding a council workshop, councilors allocated about $17,000 in undesignated funds to pay for paths to the area dedicated to military […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — After first hatching the idea in March 2007, the Fort Williams Foundation is now reaching completion of the first phase of a massive landscaping overhaul at the Shore Road park. Cliffside, the first phase of the Fort Williams Park arboretum to be completed, is a one-acre parcel with waterfront views, previously hidden […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — As South Portland Mayor Patti Smith concurred with her colleagues Monday, she found unique verbs to express herself. “Having a year to fudge and fidget makes a lot of sense,” she said after councilors agreed now is not the time to ask voters to approve a bond for a new public works […]

TOPSHAM — The commander of the local American Legion post has started a petition that asks the Board of Selectmen to revisit and change the town’s sign code. The code, which was revised by Town Meeting in May, in part bans temporary signs from residential areas. As a result, a sign that Topsham Memorial Post […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Bud Hanson and his wife, Georgia, have been coming to Crescent Beach State Park with friends for close to six decades. “They call us the ‘gray-haired group’,” Hanson said. “It’s a wonderful gift we have here. The state keeps it in great shape.” But now the Hansons, along with the rest of […]

Stephen Turner and his son, Grayson, fill a flat of pick-your-own strawberries at Gillespie Farm in New Gloucester recently.Grayson Turner takes a bite out of a strawberry.Grayson’s smile says it all.

Harpswell — Little worms are causing big problems in town, but those problems can be controlled. Since it was discovered last winter, the winter moth has damaged at least 400 acres on Harpswell Neck, Orr’s Island and Vinalhaven, said Charlene Donahue, an entomologist with the Maine Forest Service. She said that although the moth was seen […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A 71-year-old Willow Street resident faces a July 24 court date in Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland after being indicted for sex crimes. James Barker was indicted on July 5 by a Cumberland County grand jury on two Class A counts of gross sexual assault and one Class A and one […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The next Bull Moose to wander into the city may not draw the attention of game wardens, but Brett Wickard said he hopes shoppers will take notice. Wickard, the founder of Bull Moose music and books, said the chain’s newest store will open in November in the former Blockbuster Video store on […]