YARMOUTH — The field of independent candidates looking to replace Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, expanded today as Town Councilor Steve Woods announced his intention to run. Woods, who also is the president and CEO of Falmouth-based TideSmart Global, joins former Maine Gov. Angus King as an independent candidate for the six-year term in the U.S. […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen is scheduled Thursday, March 8, to discuss several options concerning the sale and use of consumer fireworks in town. On the board’s agenda are proposed ordinances that would ban the sale and use of fireworks. Two other items involve proposed amendments to the Topsham Code – one regarding the sale […]

BATH — Don we now our green apparel … it’s time to celebrate Bath Blarney Days. The City of Ships is kicking off its fourth such St. Patrick’s Day celebration, reveling in all things Irish from March 11 to 17. It all starts appropriately with an Irish singalong at Byrnes’ Irish Pub, from 5 to […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council unanimously approved a different firm Monday night after the first contractor chosen to build a new police station withdrew from the project. The Town Council authorized Town Manager Gary Brown to enter into a contract with Ledgewood Construction for pre-construction services. Brown noted in a March 1 memo to the […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Registration for next year’s kindergarten class will take place March 5-30 at South Portland elementary schools.  Children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15 are eligible to enroll in kindergarten. Parents should call their elementary schools to schedule an appointment. At the registration appointment, parents must provide their […]

Chandrakant Petal and his wife Daxa, formerly from India, take their oath of allegiance Friday, March 2, at the Falmouth Elementary School. After repeating the oath, they become the nation’s newest citizens. They were among 37 new citizens from 22 countries who took the oath during the ceremony.

FREEPORT ? The first sign of municipal budget season came Tuesday night with the distribution of a $2.1 million capital improvements budget for fiscal year 2013. Town Councilors took no action on the proposed capital portion of the municipal budget except to schedule a March 20 hearing and workshop on the proposed outlay of spending […]

U.S. Navy Destroyer Michael Murphy, built by Bath Iron Works passes by Doubling Point in Georgetown on Tuesday morning on the way out to sea trials. The Murphy is scheduled to return on Friday morning at the top of the tide, about 11:00 a.m.

Senior Sam Torres is lifted into the air by classmate Josh Britten and swarmed by his teammates as the final horn sounds on Yarmouth’s 65-53 win over Gardiner in Saturday night’s Class B state final. The Clippers ended a 44-year championship drought. See story, page 13.

YARMOUTH — Ensuring the Yarmouth School District could fund all-day kindergarten classes has been a goal for Superintendent Judy Paolucci since budget deliberations began this year. As the School Committee prepared to vote on the $20.16 million fiscal year 2013 budget, Paolucci’s goal was met much like a hair stylist trimming a bit here and […]