FREEPORT — Anonymous publications or materials will no longer be monitored and removed from the entrance of Town Hall by town staff. Prompted by the distribution of an anonymous publication called the Crow’s Nest – a parody of town business, politics and public officials that has been distributed periodically in town for about 25 years – on […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — A fund has been started to benefit a woman whose home at 72 Prince Well Road was damaged in a Christmas Day fire. Neither the home owner Paula Roberge nor any other people were home at the time, although a pet cat died in the blaze. The Falmouth Emergency Medical Team and […]

Robin Baron of Freeport skates with his daughter Elyse, 8, left, and her friend Helen Hornor, 9, of Brunswick, at the new Freeport ice skating rink on Depot Street on Jan. 14. The public rink at the Freeport Community Center opened last week, just in time for skaters to take advantage of seasonably colder temperatures. […]

FREEPORT — Ordinance Committee members are reviewing amendments to a proposed Freedom of Access Act policy, the fireworks ordinance, conflict of interest and code of ethics policies, and railroad “quiet zones.” Some of the polices will be created and some need to be updated or revised, including a pest management policy, sidewalk maintenance ordinance, Hunter […]

FALMOUTH — As the temperature outside drops, those who struggle to pay for home heating fuel often turn to their towns for help. And with cuts to the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, some may discover there’s no help to be found. Falmouth has responded by making $10,000 from the town’s undesignated fund […]

BRUNSWICK — They call it the “Bootmobile,” a 13-foot tall, 21-foot long L.L. Bean boot mounted on a truck. The strange-looking vehicle is sure to turn heads as it makes its way around the country in celebration of the company’s 100th birthday. Although the “Bootmobile” was the attention grabber at the company’s anniversary kick-off on […]

FALMOUTH — The Town Council tentatively selected a proposal by the OceanView retirement community to purchase most of the former Plummer-Motz and Lunt school properties. The proposal for the Lunt Road properties would create a close public-private partnership between the town and the its largest taxpayer. OceanView has agreed to pay $3.25 million for almost […]

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council is scheduled to decide Monday whether to expand one of the town’s five tax increment financing districts to pave the way for a biotechnology company that could bring up to 100 jobs to town. TIF district No. 3, on the northwest side of Route 1, would be expanded north to […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is proposing legislation to close a loophole in ethics laws that has allowed high-level state officials not to report millions in state payments to organizations run by them or their spouses. The governor’s legal counsel said the bill was prompted by a Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting story two weeks […]

PORTLAND — Lawyers for OccupyMaine and the city will square off in court for the first time next week. On Jan. 24, the protesters will ask Superior Court Judge Thomas Warren for a temporary injunction to prevent the city from evicting OccupyMaine from Lincoln Park, at least until the protesters’ lawsuit against the city is […]