FREEPORT — Four key words could become an expensive proposition for regulation of a town-owned parcel of land west of Interstate 295. “Common scheme of development,” is a phrase used in Maine environmental regulations. It could trigger a finding by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection requiring the town to get an additional permit for […]

BRUNSWICK — When Rich Schwartz was called into the office of the human resources manager at Kestrel Aeroworks a couple of weeks ago, he didn’t know what to expect. Certainly, it wasn’t what she told him. “They wanted me to introduce the president of the United States,” Schwartz recalled. “My initial reaction, of course, was that […]

FALMOUTH — After nearly a decade of discussion about the future of the Route 1 corridor, there may finally be movement forward. The Community Development Committee will begin discussing a Route 1 South Infrastrucutre Plan report about existing conditions during a meeting Thursday, April 5, at 8 a.m. in the second floor conference room at […]

FREEPORT — Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen sees future learning methods vastly different from the ones currently used. He also sees his department playing as minimal a role as possible in developing the standards and practices to make Maine students globally competitive. Bowen was the keynote speaker Tuesday at the annual Regional School Unit 5 […]

FALMOUTH — Residents have until the end of the month to file nomination papers to run for the Town Council and School Board. There will be two seats up for election on each panel. The positions have three-year terms. Papers are available from the town clerk’s office and must be returned by 5 p.m. Monday, […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — A task force recommendation to close North Yarmouth Memorial School drew mixed public reaction Monday. The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors, which met at the school, also voted to send the district’s proposed fiscal 2013 budget to a Thursday, April 12, public hearing. “We are still in the middle of […]

FREEPORT — Hana Tallan and her children will get a color-splashed welcome to town this week thanks to artwork created by nearly two dozen high school students. Tallan is a Somalian who will be moving into a house built by Habitat for Humanity volunteers. To celebrate her arrival and help show the story of her […]

PORTLAND — A Cumberland business owner said he is unsure if will try again to establish a statewide, commercial provider of county records after the state’s highest court reversed a lower court decision in his favor. Six Maine counties asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to overturn last year’s Maine Superior Court decision in favor […]

PORTLAND — A new support network will provide free job assistance, education and wellness programs for unemployed veterans returning from overseas combat. The Portland Veterans Network, unveiled last week by the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, provides free chamber membership to unemployed veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The goal of the […]