PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday unanimously approved a program that will allow residents to resume leaving bulky waste for curbside pickup. But the program is unlike the city’s previous bulky waste pickup that was discontinued in 2008 because of budget cuts. The council also approved a permit for an outdoor concert by the […]

PORTLAND — City Manager Mark Rees on Monday presented a proposed $206.8 million budget that would raise property taxes 2.9 percent. Rees told the City Council his proposed budget for fiscal 2013 embodies “sound fiscal management” and will help the city achieve long-term financial stability. Total expenditures are expected to increase 2.4 percent in the […]

BRUNSWICK — Alan Klapmeier had good timing. When he first visited Brunswick Naval Air Station in spring of 2010, shopping for a place to build airplanes, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority was looking for a fresh start. Still smarting from the fallout over its flawed courtship of airplane refurbishing company Oxford Aviation, MRRA needed a […]

BATH — The City of Ships is once again being honored on a national level. Main Street Bath is one of five organizations across the country to receive this year’s Great American Main Street Award. The winners, selected by a national jury, were announced Monday at the National Main Street Conference in Baltimore. The 15 Commercial […]

FALMOUTH — A popular Route 1 restaurant closed unexpectedly Monday after company officials said they were unable to overcome revenue lost since the 2008 economic downturn. Employees of Stonyfield Cafe (formerly O’Naturals) were notified Sunday that the cafe would close, Chief Executive Officer Mac McCabe said. “We fought through (the downturn) with the optimism it […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — President Barack Obama sought to reignite the feverish support he enjoyed during his first campaign for president in a March 30 speech to supporters at Southern Maine Community College. “If you’re willing to keep pushing with me, keep fighting with me, keep reaching for that vision we believe in,” Obama said, “then […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Mark Wahl and his friends were all smiles as they lounged on the front steps of Spring Point Hall at Southern Maine Community College, watching as the line of people waiting to see President Obama snaked far out of view.  “I wasn’t expecting anything like this,” said Wahl, a second-year student who lives […]

FALMOUTH — Traffic near Mile 52 on the Maine Turnpike will be stopped for up to 25 minutes at a time early next week as crews work on an overpass, the Maine Turnpike Authority announced Thursday. Delays are expected in both directions between 10 p.m. Monday, April 2, and 5 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, weather […]

PORTLAND — Campaign events for President Barack Obama in South Portland and Portland on Friday evening are expected to produce traffic delays and temporary street closures in both cities. The president will land at Portland International Jetport late Friday afternoon and travel to the Hutchinson Union Building at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Worries about future losses in state funding led School Board members to add $30,000 to a contingency fund when they approved the fiscal 2013 budget Tuesday night. The addition was the only substantive change to the $21.7 million preliminary budget introduced by Superintendent Meredith Nadeau last month, and allows her to present […]