Angus Tibbetts, 6, meets former Maine Gov. Angus King outside the Bath Book Shop last weekend. The elder Angus was greeting people on Front Street and promoting his book, “Governor’s Travels: How I Left Politics, Learned to Back Up a Bus and Found America.”

CAPE ELIZABETH — The third iteration of the Fort Williams Master Plan, introduced to the public Wednesday, continues to emphasize pedestrian access, parking improvements and safety precautions. The town Comprehensive Plan requires the Fort Williams Master Plan to be updated every seven years. The first plan was created in 1990, then again in 2003. On […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Cultivating Community‘s 20 Mile Meal will be held Sunday, Oct. 2, from 2-5 p.m., at Turkey Hill Farm, 120 Old Ocean House Road. The meal features a sampling of local foods from chefs in the Portland area. There will be music, farm tours and activities for children and adults. Participants can buy […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Disposal fees at the Recycling Center will be waived from Saturday, Oct. 15, through Monday, Oct. 31. Residents who transport their own material will not be charged, but contractors will be assessed fees in accordance with current regulations. The Recycling Center will be open four Sundays between Oct. 23 and Nov. 13 […]

BIDDEFORD — Backers of a proposal to move Scarborough Downs to a Biddeford racino held dual events in Biddeford and Bangor to launch their campaign in support of the gambling referendum coming up in November. The “Yes on 2” campaign argues that the combined racetrack/slots facility will breathe life into Maine’s harness racing industry and […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A chemical plant could be fined up to almost $152,000 for improper storage of hazardous materials, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Monson Cos. of Leominster, Mass., operates a warehouse, distribution, repackaging and chemical manufacturing facility at 1 Runway Road. According to the EPA, Monson violated the U.S. Clean Air Act […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Town councilors will work with the town planner to determine if the town should regulate short- and long-term rental properties. They are also reworking the town’s animal control ordinance and are developing a local ban on the sale and use of consumer fireworks. Meeting as the Ordinance Committee, Councilors Jim Walsh, Frank […]

SCARBOROUGH — The town’s fields, playgrounds and other public properties will be synthetic pesticide-free under a policy adopted Wednesday by the Town Council. The policy, which calls chemical pesticides “a major environmental problem and a public health issue,” began as a conversation between town officials and members of what is now known as Citizens for a […]

BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved Andrew Deci as Bath’s new planner. City Manager Bill Giroux said more than 80 people applied for the job, and seven were interviewed. “I think Andrew has clearly got the skills and the attitude that we were looking for in a planner,” Giroux said last week. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors approved a set of zoning ordinance changes meant to address design and parking concerns in the Willard Square neighborhood. But not before significant changes were scrapped at the last minute. A change that would have removed an existing prohibition on residences on the first floors of the dozen buildings in […]