Holt elected to replace Dyer on board CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Voters at a special Town Meeting on Nov. 19 elected a successor to former Selectman Mark Dyer. Elected town officials continued to provide little information about why Dyer suddenly resigned in October. The town administrator, however, confirmed that Dyer quit after he allegedly forced his […]

PORTLAND — In early 2010, Luc Mpangaje was forced from his native country, leaving his wife, mother and three children behind. Mpangaje was a well-known musician and songwriter whose music railed against what he saw as the corrupt government and police force in Burundi, a country of 8.3 million people in sub-Sahara Africa that’s roughly […]

FREEPORT — What started as a community discussion has evolved into a committee out to promote a healthy, safe culture for students in Regional School Unit 5. Members of the Tolerance and Respect Project, a subcommittee of Freeport Community Services, are parents and grandparents, business owners and community leaders, administrators, health and education professionals, librarians […]

FALMOUTH — Michael Holden and Elise Bickford started dancing when they were each 3 years old, making their first attempts to plie and pirouette at the Maine State Ballet. This year, though, the two Falmouth High School students will take center stage, dancing the lead roles in the company’s annual production of “The Nutcracker.” “I’ve […]

Hundreds of spectators were on hand to see the unofficial start of the holiday season a few minutes after 7 p.m. on Friday evening, Nov. 18, when 35,000 LED lights on the 60-foot L.L. Bean Christmas tree were turned on at Discovery Park in Freeport.

YARMOUTH — In March, Maine Cottage Furniture closed its flagship store at 106 Lafayette St., much to the surprise of its employees and customers, and with little public explanation. Stores in Charleston, S.C., and West Palm Beach, Fla., also closed. Customers who had paid for furniture were told not to expect their money back after […]

PORTLAND — The parent of a kindergarten student says she has been shut down in her attempt to understand and criticize her daughter’s math curriculum because the School Department believes she could violate the curriculum publisher’s copyright. Anna Collins said she became concerned about the curriculum at Longfellow Elementary School when she realized there was […]

PORTLAND — The owners of the Eastland Park Hotel on High Street want to build a ballroom on Congress Square Plaza, which is owned by the city. The City Council on Monday was expected to take up the request from Rockbridge Capital and refer it to the Community Development Committee. Rockbridge Capital bought the Eastland […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — When Stephen Romano was about 10 years old, he planted three trees on Evans Street with his father. One of those trees was a Colorado blue spruce, which grew to 55 feet tall over the last half century. Last Thursday, 63-year-old Romano was among a crowd of about two dozen people who […]

PORTLAND — A lot of high schools have homecomings, but the city’s two largest high schools have a different kind of homecoming celebration every year: the Portland-Deering Turkey Day football game. Thursday’s contest will be the 100th playing of the game that brings former players, coaches, cheerleaders, students and members of the community together every […]