SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a policy that would allow the city to charge property owners $100-$500 for mixing trash with recyclables. Under certain situations, the city could also take away its blue recycling bins from residents who fail to separate their trash. Councilor Tom Blake opposed the measure, […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Town councilors sent $760,000 worth of suggested Fort Williams Park improvements to the Planning Board, while assuring the public that the recommendations are not immediate needs in the upcoming town budget. “This is laying out a game plan for how we would like to approach upgrading and improving the park over time,”Councilor […]

SCARBOROUGH — Superintendent George Entwistle III offered a sober outlook in a budget discussion with the School Board last week. “We have the fiscal picture and the reality of what’s been happening,” he said on Feb. 16. “There’s a mindset that says ‘We’re making do.’ I say, sure, we’re making do. But we’re not doing […]

SCARBOROUGH — A Gorham business has declared his candidacy in state Senate District 6. Democrat Jim Boyle owns two businesses: Boyle Associates environmental consultants, and Avant Dance & Event Center in Westbrook. District 6, which includes all of Gorham and large portions of Westbrook and Scarborough,  is represented by four-term Sen. Phil Bartlett, D-Gorham, who […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Police Department and several community and health groups will hold a forum on mental health on Wednesday, Feb. 29.  The department hopes to provide a forum to discuss police interaction with mentally ill residents and the support network that exists to assist residents in crisis. The forum will take place from […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — A resident who won a seat in the state House of Representatives last summer is seeking a full, two-year term representing District 121. Democrat Kimberly Monaghan-Derrig has filed with the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices as a candidate for the seat, which includes most of the town. A former […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Two masked men robbed a Maine Mall restaurant and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash on Monday, Feb. 20, according to police. Police said that about 10:45 p.m., an employee of On The Border was confronted by the two robbers behind the restaurant. One masked man held that employee, while the […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Bath Savings Institution will open its ninth branch next week, at 225 Ocean St., the corner of Ocean and Broadway. The building is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified. Bath Savings has been in the banking business for 160 years.

BATH — The death of a 17-year-old boy is being investigated by the state medical examiner’s office. Police and rescuers responded to a High Street apartment complex at 9:07 a.m. Sunday for a call about a person who was not breathing. They found the 17-year-old – whose name police did not release – dead in […]

HARPSWELL — From resolving in-town rivalries to reducing town staff, incumbent Selectman Elinor Multer and challenger C. Matthew Rich will have very different priorities if elected to the Board of Selectmen on March 10. Multer, 84, is finishing her first term as selectman. She moved to Harpswell in 1976 from New Jersey, where she worked […]