CAPE ELIZABETH — The strawberries are on schedule this year. It might not seem like a big deal, but in recent years strawberries – and other crops farmed in Cape Elizabeth – have been less than predictable. In 2012, for instance, an unseasonably warm spring caused strawberries to blossom in March and ripen long before the annual […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The freshest shopping experience in Willard Square is best enjoyed by creatures on four legs. “Every dog in the neighborhood knows we are here now,” Whole Dog Market owner Richard LeBauve said last week. “We open the door and they can smell us a block away.” The store at 429 Preble St., […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — A resident has organized a 5K run/walk to honor her sister’s memory and raise money for breast cancer research. Beth Elicker, 50, was inspired to create the Lucy Fund 5K to continue fundraising efforts started five years ago by her sister Lucy Stanovick, who died in August 2012 of metastatic breast cancer. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Arthur L. Handman, a former transportation director in the Hartford, Conn., area, will be the new city transportation director, City Manager Jim Gailey announced. “I am looking forward to continuing the excellent service established by (current director Tom Meyers) and his staff,” Handman said Wednesday. His top priorty will be overseeing construction […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Former City Councilor Maxine Beecher, who served three, three-year terms in District 4 through last November, will be honored at the July 1 council meeting as the Maine Association of Planners Citizen Planner of the Year. Beecher led the committee that revised the city Comprehensive Plan enacted by councilors last October. Her […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A 1,500-square-foot strip of city-owned land will likely be sold to create more parking for the future Otto Pizza at 159 Cottage Road. The consensus at Monday’s City Council workshop was to allow City Manager Jim Gailey to move ahead with the proposed $4,500 sale of a triangular piece of property that […]