FALMOUTH — After a security breach of the town website, Falmouth is asking the Maine Municipal Association to draft legislation that would amend Maine’s Freedom of Access Act. On June 9 at 9:10 p.m., subscribers to the town’s email notification system received an email from resident Michael Doyle with the subject “Upcoming Elections.” The message, delivered […]

FALMOUTH — For the second consecutive Saturday, police on June 23 responded to a party involving underage drinking. One person was arrested and seven others were charged with possession of alcohol. Police Lt. John Kilbride said police received a 911 hang up call at 3:59 a.m. from 33 Middle Road. Officers arrived and allegedly found an […]

PORTLAND — A proposal before the School Board calls for Deering High School Principal Ira Waltz to be named acting superintendent of schools, effective July 1. The proposal will be heard by the board Tuesday and, if approved, will place Waltz in the superintendent’s position through Aug. 31 or until a new superintendent begins, according to […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — A North Yarmouth resident and a Durham doctor were killed Sunday in two separate air crashes. The first accident occurred in the waters off Fort Williams Park at around noon when a single-engine airplane flown by Dr. Louis Jordan crashed and sank. Hanson, 60, practiced medicine in Cumberland for 32 years before […]

FALMOUTH — Police are investigating the cause of a fatal accident on Gray Road this morning. Cumberland resident Casey Green, 22, was killed when her 2008 Chevy Cobalt crossed the center line and struck a tree in the vicinity of 236 Gray Road (Route 100), Police Chief Ed Tolan said. The accident was reported at […]

SCARBOROUGH — Paving work begins at 7 p.m. this Sunday, June 24, on Route 22 between the intersections with Route 114 and Broad Turn Road in Gorham and Scarborough. Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Ted Talbot said work will occur between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. on the three-mile stretch of road. Travel will be […]

PORTLAND — Opposition to a looming Maine Turnpike toll hike was not as prounounced in a public hearing Wednesday evening at City Hall as it had been a day earlier in Auburn. Perhaps a dozen people who are not employees or board members of the Maine Turnpike Authority attended Wednesday’s meeting, and just seven of […]

SCARBOROUGH — Seven years after brothers Nick and Peter Truman first proposed converting their 22-unit beachfront motel into eight luxury condominiums, the pair is still sparring with the town.  Nick Truman said The Lighthouse Inn at Pine Point has been unfairly targeted by the Zoning Board of Appeals, which in November imposed unique conditions intended […]

For the second year in a row, the Falmouth boys’ lacrosse team celebrates a Class B state championship after last Saturday’s 7-4 victory over North Yarmouth Academy. More in Sports, Page 15.

The June 14 Page 1 story, “Gideon wins Democratic House primary in Freeport, Pownal,” should have said Sara Gideon received 534 total votes.