South Portland, mall clash over property tax bill

The owner of the Maine Mall claims the city overvalued the properties by almost 25 percent.

Heavy trucks will be barred from Falmouth bridge

Most vehicles, including pickup trucks, school buses and emergency vehicles, will continue to use the bridge.

S. Portland surveys residents on development

If citizens want to grow the tax base, the city needs to know where and how, according to the city’s planner.

Council turns back rezoning proposal

A Scarborough neighborhood had feared losing land that buffers them from Route 1 traffic.

In Scarborough, third road may make two right

A proposal calls for a new connector road between Running Hill Road and Route 114, also known as Gorham Road.

Residents at forum urge slowdown of smart electric meters

Speakers at a public forum voice concerns about radio frequency radiation generated by the system.

Maine Christmas tree farmer finds his roots

One of the town’s oldest properties is now home to one of its newest businesses.

The Old Farm Christmas Place opened its tree farm and shop to customers earlier this month, nearly a decade after Jay Cox bought the historic Dyer-Hutchinson farmhouse on Sawyer Road.

He has renovated the Cape Cod-style house that has stood on the property since the 1790s, built a timber-frame barn and other structures, cleared the fields and planted neat rows of balsam firs on the rolling landscape.

Feature Obituary: Virginia Barchard, 92, created center of life for her family

FALMOUTH – The center of family life was at the home of Virginia Lorraine Barchard. That was where her clan gathered to laugh and reminisce over the holidays, where her children would be spellbound as she told them stories and where her grandchildren went for regular spaghetti dates and after-school tea and toast. Mrs. Barchard leaves […]

Water District OKs budget with small increase

The operating budget increases by 0.6 percent over the current year.

Scarborough neighbors rally against rezoning

Residents want to keep the peace by preventing the sale of 6 acres off Route 1 for development.