SCARBOROUGH — Only three of the six town councilor candidates were able to attend an informal forum Tuesday with the Republican Committee, but those three vied for the GOP’s support in the upcoming election. Paul Andriulli and James Benedict, who attended the round-table meeting, are running for one of three available Town Council seats, along […]

Exterior damage is evident Monday after an allegedly drunken driver drove into an apartment building at 171-173 Cottage Road, at the intersection with South Richland Street, early Sunday morning, Oct. 2. According to a police report, Thomas Wiley, 19, of South Portland, tried to turn on to South Richland Street, but drove over the curb, […]

BATH — The Planning Board opted again Tuesday to continue its discussion of proposed ordinance language regulating wireless communications facilities. Discussion was primarily geared around the allowable height of cell towers above the average canopy of nearby trees, as well as whether guyed or lattice towers are acceptable at all, according to new Planning Director […]

BATH — A “rib-raising” party will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, to celebrate the second season of the reconstruction of a historic ship. The ribs raised this summer are preliminary pieces of what will become a to-scale version of the Virginia. The vessel was the first English ship built in the New World, constructed more […]

BRUNSWICK — After years of speculation and months of negotiation, the town and Bowdoin College will exchange the Longfellow School for the McLellan building. The swap will give the college extra space adjacent to its campus, and will provide the town with a modern municipal office, council chambers, and records storage all in one place, […]

BRUNSWICK — On the last day of general fishing season, Tom Seymour was not where he’s been for as long as he can remember: out on the water. Instead, he was making a presentation about mushrooms to residents of the Thornton Oaks retirement community. If Seymour, a 64-year old Maine Guide and author of several […]

TOPSHAM — This year’s Board of Selectmen election has three candidates for two seats. Two incumbents, James Trusiani and Ronald Riendeau, both of Main Street, are being challenged by David Douglass Jr. of Foreside Road. David Douglass Jr. Douglass, 38, is married and has two children, and has lived in Topsham for 10 years. He […]

BRUNSWICK — While two sitting School Board members are expecting easy victories in uncontested re-election bids this November, that’s not the case in the race for an at-large seat. Incumbent Jack Jones is challenged by first-time candidate William Thompson. With varied backgrounds, the two candidates would each bring something different to the board. Jack Jones […]

BRUNSWICK — It’s been less than a month since O’Shea’s Irish Restaurant & Cantina closed, but renovations are already underway for a new restaurant to take its place at 94 Maine St. The owners of the Mediterranean Grill in Freeport are planning to open Aki, a Japanese featuring sushi and hibachi grilling. Although another Japanese […]

FREEPORT — Dale C. Olmstead Jr. will retire next April after 30 years as town manager. Olmstead said he has planned to retire at 62, and will reach that age in March 2012. He became town manager in 1982. Town Council Chairman Jim Cassida said Olmstead’s early announcement is helpful, since it will take a […]