PORTLAND — Opponents of Central Maine Power Co.’s “smart” electrical meters have appealed of the Maine Public Utility Commission’s dismissal of their complaint. The group filed with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Portland on Jan. 10 to overturn the PUC’s decision not to investigate claims that the wireless meters have health, safety and privacy […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Assuming there is student interest and parental support, up to 10 high school students will have an opportunity to travel to Utah’s Grand Staircase National Monument for a week-long camping trip in April. The School Board voted 6-1 to approve the Escalante Canyoneering trip with English teacher Jason BreMiller as a lead […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Tuskegee Airmen get together in a different city every year. The World War II veterans, who were the first black pilots in the U.S. military, meet to catch up with each other and swap stories.  But a few years ago, in Philadelphia, they weren’t alone. They were joined by filmmaker George […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Planning Board on Monday got an earful from residents opposed to a plan for a new, for-profit park at Scarborough Beach. Sprague Corp.’s plan to build a park on 62 acres off Black Point Road, with a 370-car parking lot, has been met with anger and lawsuits since it was first proposed […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Firefighter staffing and the future of Mill Creek Park will have to be sorted by the City Council in the coming months.  On Monday, four of seven councilors met in a workshop to be briefed on those items, and to get a report on the city’s financial situation. Councilors Rosemarie De Angelis, […]

BRUNSWICK — Despite efforts by All Saints Parish to convince the Village Review Board that the former rectory at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is useless and costly to maintain, the board denied a request to demolish the building. The board tied 3-3, but the motion failed because it did not win a majority. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — It could be a bumpy spring, summer and fall in Knightville. Drivers can expect detours and lane closures along Cottage Road and Ocean Street for more than half of 2012 thanks to a construction project that will include work on water, utility and sewer systems, plus roads and sidewalks. Preliminary estimates put […]

TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 managed to avoid an overall tax increase in the current budget year, and Superintendent Brad Smith said he hopes to do the same in fiscal 2013. But doing so is expected to require reducing expenses by about $600,000. A budget process overview was scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 12. Smith’s […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Outside, Portland Head Light is the most photographed lighthouse in the world. But inside, the lighthouse was far from photogenic. That is, until the walls and stairs in the tower were recently stripped of a coat of crumbling lead-based paint, and received a new coat to restore the structure’s original colors.  Greg […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Add ice cream to the treats visitors may be able to buy at Fort Williams Park after the Town Council approved a second season of food vending on Monday night. Town Manager Mike McGovern said the program brought in between $10,000 and $11,000 last year, and with a few changes, is expected […]