CAPE ELIZABETH — High school junior Chelsea Whynot is used to public speaking. And she better be. As a member of the school’s state champion mock trial team, she had to think on her feet, acting professionally in a courtroom, and use appropriate legal references. And now, as the student representative to the state Board […]

Harpswell adjusts to an aging population HARPSWELL — Residents don’t need the U.S. Census to remind them that they’re getting older and that the trend has an impact on town services. From closing an elementary school to a proposal to privatize emergency medical services to a rezoning plan designed to attract young families to town, […]

SCARBOROUGH — Maine must do more to prevent the growth of criminal street gangs, whose numbers are rising in rural states like this one where they can operate under the radar. That’s the basic premise underlying a bill reintroduced for the second session of the 125th Legislature by Rep. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough. “An Act To […]

PORTLAND — Mayor Michael Brennan is recovering at home after having a cancerous tumor removed from his intestine. A press release late Thursday said surgery was performed last weekend at Maine Medical Center and Brennan’s prognosis is “excellent,” although he will continue to be treated for lesions discovered on his liver. City Hall spokeswoman Nicole […]

TOPSHAM — While the town is working to avoid a tax increase next year, a lack of revenue growth could make that goal especially challenging. Looking ahead to the 2013 fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2012, Town Manager Cornell Knight said last week that “it will be another difficult year because revenues look to […]

BRUNSWICK — Police are still trying to identify a dead man found in the woods off Bath Road last week. The man, estimated to be between 50 and 70 years old, was discovered by someone walking along railroad tracks just after noon on Thursday, Dec. 22. According to detective Sgt. Martin Rinaldi, the body was […]

BATH — Maine Maritime Museum is benefiting from grants to improve a historic building on the property and to fund research into crew members of Maine ships. The 114-year-old Paint and Treenail Building, which stands on the historic Percy & Small Shipyard at the museum, will get necessary preservation work from a $10,000 Tourism Cares […]

BATH — The Bath-Tsugaru, Japan, Sister City Exchange Program is sponsoring a poster design contest for sixth- through 12th-graders to advertise the city’s upcoming “Japanese Celebration” weekend, Feb. 2-5, 2012. The winner of the contest will receive a $50 Gift of Bath certificate, which will be good at more than 70 stores and restaurants, plus […]

FALMOUTH — Auditors have given the town an “unqualified opinion,” which means an examination of town finances raised no red flags. Auditors Greg Chabot and Jen Conners of Runyon Kersteen Ouellette presented the firm’s findings during a joint meeting of the town and school finance committees last week. “This is the kind of opinion you […]

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Seven senior citizens call the Island Commons home. They have lived on Chebeague or other islands, and their caregivers are island residents. They are part of an “age in place” community that keeps the elderly in a familiar, nurturing environment where they can age gracefully. But Island Commons, like nearly 160 other […]