CAPE ELIZABETH — On a clear day, you can almost see forever at Fort Williams Park, where the Cliff Walk view has been vastly improved. Slated to become the first section of the Arboretum at Fort Williams, the area now called the Cliffside Demonstration Site has been cleared of invasive vegetation and adorned with new walking […]

HARPSWELL — Hilton Kramer, considered by many one of the most incisive art critics in the world, spent his final months at The Vicarage by the Sea, a residential home that provides care to those with advanced dementia. Kramer’s wife, Esta, speaking just days after he died at age 84 on March 27 of a rare […]

HARPSWELL — Ben Goodall of Goodall Landscaping failed to convince the Board of Selectmen to give him another shot at plowing the town’s roads next winter. “There’s too much anger in this town over the things that happened,” board Chairwoman Elinor Multer told Goodall last week. Complaints about unplowed roads in October led the board […]

BRUNSWICK — Two hopeful entrepreneurs need the car-collecting community to buy into an unusual concept before they can launch their business at Brunswick Landing. “It’s a brand new idea to the East Coast,” said Albert Kolff, who owns the company, Car Harbor, with his lifelong friend, Tom Lederer. If Car Harbor takes off, serious car […]

BRUNSWICK — Tuesday’s presentation on a scaled-back version of a new police station was disappointing to some members of the Police Station Committee, which rejected a more expensive plan two weeks ago. “It showed us that those nice things we want, we can’t afford,” Town Council Chairwoman Joanne King said. The new version, presented by […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen is expected to vote Thursday on the language of fireworks-related referendum questions for the June 12 ballot. The board voted 4-1 last month to send the questions to referendum, instead of to the May 16 Town Meeting. Selectman David Douglass opposed the motion. Two ballot questions, each with three […]

FREEPORT — With a date shift here and a couple of amendments there, town councilors approved $1.94 million in capital spending Tuesday night. The final amount was reduced by a little more than $300,000 because of revisions and the removal of $281,000 in “Village Improvements” funded through a tax increment financing zone. The spending items […]

AUGUSTA — When you get an “F,” there are usually two ways to respond: Blame the teacher or try to do better the next time. Maine leaders are taking the second route, vowing to do something about the failing grade the state received last month in a national study of the laws and practices that could […]

YARMOUTH — As long-term school projects go, this one was especially nourishing for more than 100 high school freshmen. “You can make a difference, you can do something about a problem around you,” Isabelle Hattan said about the project that culminated Tuesday night with a student-led conference on hunger in the community. The Power of […]

YARMOUTH — High school students could be asked to exhale before dancing as the School Committee considers conducting blood-alcohol breath tests at school dances. “This is more a deterrent than a ‘gotcha,’” Superintendent Judy Paolucci said about a proposed policy to “administer Breathalyzer tests to students while on school property or at school-sponsored events.” The […]