FREEPORT — A project kicked around in Freeport for more than a year will be discussed again at a Town Council public hearing on Feb. 28. The council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to hear public comment on the proposed indoor and outdoor athletic complex that Topsham-based nonprofit Seacoast United Soccer would like to build on […]

YARMOUTH — Number-crunching season has arrived with the release of school and municipal draft budgets and workshops. Town Manager Nat Tupper presented a draft budget for fiscal 2013 detailing $10.6 million in spending, a 1.14 percent increase over the current budget. The municipal budget draft to be reviewed by councilors before it is presented at […]

YARMOUTH — Three years of discussions and planning will take a more tangible shape when town councilors on Feb. 16 discuss plans for a new Public Works facility. At the meeting next week, councilors are expected to decide how much to seek in a construction bond for the facility, which would be built at the […]

YARMOUTH — Town Councilor Tim Sanders, elected in 2010, will resign his seat in June, with a year remaining in his three-year term. Sanders cited personal reasons for his resignation in a letter submitted at the Town Council workshop on Feb. 2. Councilors will vote to accept his resignation at their Feb. 16 meeting. Sanders […]

FALMOUTH — Conservation Commission members hope residents will turn out this weekend to explore a part of town that will look the same in 100 years as it does today. The idea, Conservation Commission Chairman Mel Dickenson said, is to introduce residents to the 300-acre tract of wooded land known as Hadlock Community Forest. The […]

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — The town will be able to provide more year-round affordable housing opportunities this year, thanks to the planned construction of a duplex on School House Road. The building, which will have two rental units and stand on 3.4 acres, will be made possible largely by a $350,000 grant from the Maine State […]

CUMBERLAND — The expense of maintaining and improving the town’s existing roads has the Town Council looking into options to limit the number of new ones it will accept as public roads. Town Manager Bill Shane will report to the council on Monday, Feb. 13, on a new road acceptance policy. Town Planner Carla Nixon […]

FALMOUTH — Michelle Lafond has grown used to hearing teenagers debate everything from where to buy dinner to moral issues surrounding domestic violence. “The kids can and will debate everything and may not even realize it,” she said. She wouldn’t have it any other way. For the past four years, Lafond has taken a front […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — State Rep. Anne Graham, D-North Yarmouth, announced  she is seeking another term. Graham was elected in 2010 in House District 109, which includes parts of North Yarmouth, Gray and Pownal. She sits on the State and Local Government Committee, which in the last session considered modification of the Informed Growth Act and […]

FALMOUTH — Police in Falmouth, Yarmouth, Cumberland and Freeport are investigating a series of home burglaries that began in January. Falmouth Police Lt. John Kilbride said there have been nine burglaries, which occurred approximately every four to five days. Items stolen have included jewelry, electronics and money. Police believe the suspects enter homes through unlocked […]