SOUTH PORTLAND — In some ways, not much has changed in the sixth-grade curriculum over the years. Students at Mahoney Middle School are still learning long division and basic algebra in math class. In social studies, they’re learning the provinces of Canada and their capitals. In science, they’re learning parts of the cell. But this […]

SCARBOROUGH — Incumbent Town Councilors Karen D’Andrea and Richard Sullivan Jr. are opposed by first-time candidates Paul Andriulli and James Benedict in the Nov. 8 election for three, three-year seats on the Town Council. Incumbent Councilor Ronald Ahlquist is running against Planning Board member Kerry Corthell to complete the final two years of the three-year […]

SCARBOROUGH — The town could add another retirement community if a plan by a New York developer is approved. The 81-unit assisted-living facility with a dementia ward would be built on Black Point Road near the intersection with Route 1. The developer, Wegman Cos. of Rochester, N.Y., owns and operates 14 assisted-living homes, most of […]

SCARBOROUGH — After one summer season, the success of the town’s new Higgins Beach parking rules depends on who you ask. Police officers, public works staff and town councilors say the plan has had some success controlling beach-going traffic. They also said town-owned parking lot is showing a profit. But some Higgins Beach residents say […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — In a special meeting Wednesday night, city councilors gave the go-ahead for the South Portland Farmers Market to operate indoors during the winter at the Hamlin School building on Ocean Street. The first winter market will be held Sunday, Nov. 6. It will be held every Sunday 10 a.m to 2 p.m. […]

BRUNSWICK — The group in charge of keeping the public informed about environmental clean-up at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station says people should be careful as they use the property. Brunswick Area Citizens for a Safe Environment issued a report summarizing the clean-up work and what remains to be done. The report comes at […]

Rachel Reed passes turkey to Harry Wilson, left, an exchange student from England, who joined Reed and her sons Sam, right, and Max, and more than 400 others at the third annual Harvest Supper to benefit the Falmouth Food Pantry on Oct. 20 at Falmouth Congregational Church. Volunteers prepared 33 turkeys, 50 pounds of potatoes […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Ordinance Committee members said they hope to strike a balance between the interests of property owners, year-round residents and seasonal renters as it wrestles with whether to regulate rental properties. The committee, made up of Town Councilors Jim Walsh, Frank Governali and Anne Swift-Kayatta, heard Wednesday from property owners who rent their […]

BRUNSWICK — For most of the 20th century, a white, three-story building next to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on Pleasant Street housed priests, and then nuns who worked at the Catholic school. But the last Ursuline Sister to work at the school departed 10 years ago, and the parish’s three priests all live […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a digitization policy for the town’s historic archives. The Topsham Historical Society is seeking a grant from the Maine Memory Network to fund purchase of a scanner, but a digitization policy was necessary first. History Committee Chairman Ralph Williams informed selectmen in August that the society wants […]