CUMBERLAND — While it unanimously approved changes on Monday to a growth ordinance, the Town Council will vote again on amendments to an impact fee ordinance. The council also tabled to its April 9 meeting a vote on the fiscal 2013 budget, to allow more time to complete its budget review. After more than an […]

PORTLAND — The city will receive a $320,000 Economic Development Administration grant to make repairs to refrigeration equipment at the Portland Fish Exchange. The grant will be directed through the city and used to replace equipment installed at the exchange in the 1990s, according to a press release Monday from U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. […]

PORTLAND — The four candidates for the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator will debate at the Portland Club on Saturday, March 31. State Sens. Cynthia Dill, of Cape Elizabeth, and John Hinck, of Portland, will join former Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, of Old Town, and political newcomer Benjamin Pollard, a Portland businessman, at 5:30 […]

FREEPORT — Most people take the simple act of brushing their teeth for granted. But for individuals who are living with illnesses, injuries and disabilities, something so routine can be a challenge. Staff members in the Casco Bay YMCA’s Adaptive Services program help people in such situations build and maintain strength and, hopefully, achieve a sense […]

PORTLAND — After earning a high rank in a Forbes magazine employment survey last week, city officials and business leaders are saying the future is bright for job-seekers in greater Portland. Forbes called the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford region the sixth best place for jobs in the country this spring, based on a survey of more than […]

PORTLAND — Shamso Farah, a Somali translator and parent liaison for the Portland Public Schools’ multilingual department, rushed into her boss’s office at Lyman Moore Middle School on March 21 with a minor crisis on her hands. It was parent-teacher conference day at the school, and for five weeks before, Farah and other members of […]

FALMOUTH — El-Fadel Arbab said he is amazed every time he looks at the artwork created by high school students whose backgrounds are so different from his own. In vivid, colorful paintings and haunting black and white sketches, the works of art illustrate the joy Arbab experienced in his childhood, followed by the tragedy of […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors will hear public comment next week on a recommendation to close North Yarmouth Memorial School. The School Board will also decide whether to send the district’s fiscal 2013 budget to an April 12 public hearing. The Monday, April 2, meeting on North Yarmouth Memorial […]

BATH — Next year’s Regional School Unit 1 budget could increase by about $475,000, or nearly 1.9 percent, to $26 million – despite cuts in programs and staffing. Taxes would provide $17.3 million of the proposed fiscal 2013 budget, which had a first reading Monday night. The five RSU 1 communities – Bath, Arrowsic, Phippsburg, […]