CAPE ELIZABETH — After 50 years, Rudy’s on the Cape will finally get its much-awaited make-over. The Planning Board Tuesday night unanimously approved plans for a new 80-seat restaurant and a retail building at 517 Ocean House Road. Pat Carroll of Carroll Associates, representing owner Paul Woods Jr., said there were no major changes to […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — When Angela Marzilli was in school, if she had wanted to work with animals, a guidance counselor would likely have told her she should be a veterinarian. But Marzilli, South Portland school district’s new science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, coordinator, said that’s only half the picture. A group of third […]

SCARBOROUGH — For the second year in a row, councilors rejected a plan from the town’s Shellfish Committee that would have reduced the number of recreational shellfish licenses sold by the town.  “I think this was likely changed for the wrong reasons,” said Council Chairman Ron Ahlquist.  The committee had proposed the number of residential […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — When City Councilors discussed their potentially illegal health care insurance benefit in November, a majority of them told residents that if they had a problem with the benefit they should take action to get it changed themselves. Now those residents have done just that.  During a council meeting Monday, councilors were presented […]

SCARBOROUGH — Of all the lasting memories, when Ariana Bratt remembers her grandfather, she says she’ll think of his giant hands. “He built so much with those huge hands,” she said. Bratt’s grandfather, Harold Snow, was always building, always tinkering, she said. His mechanical mind left an indelible mark on Scarborough, in the memory of […]

A Page 1 story on Dec. 15, “Falmouth Foreside church plans expansion,” should have said the expansion will increase the building’s space by 1,300 square feet. Incorrect information was provided by the town of Falmouth.

BRUNSWICK — As the student representative to the Brunswick School Board, Julia Brown knows a lot about politics for a high school senior. But after a week-long trip to Washington, D.C., next spring, she’ll be a pro at national politics, too. Brown is one of two Maine high school students selected to represent the state […]

BRUNSWICK — Tomorrow’s business owners can get a boost with the help of a new program at Southern New Hampshire University. The Young Entepreneurs Academy, also known as YEA!, guides students through the process of creating their own business. The program was developed at the University of Rochester in New York, and its expansion to […]

Crews from Labbe Construction compress the rear of the Unitarian Universalist Church on Pleasant Street in Brunswick on Tuesday morning, when the fire-damaged 1885 building was demolished. Parishioners hope to break ground on a new building on the same site next summer, about a year after the fire.The bell of the Unitarian Universalist Church is […]

BATH — The City Council on Monday narrowly voted to extend a moratorium on the mass installation of wireless “smart” electric meters. The moratorium requires Central Maine Power Co. to obtain approval from customers before it installs the new meters. CMP is already contacting customers to determine whether they want the new meters or would […]