Keep ME Current

Despite uncertainty, Freeport moves toward budget bottom line

FREEPORT – The Freeport Town Council has adopted a proposed capital spending program that will maintain most services in the new fiscal year against the backdrop of potentially significant state reven

Man rescued from sinking car in Lebanon

LEBANON – The Lebanon Rescue Department, Maine State Police and Lebanon Fire Department responded to a report of a vehicle stuck in the water with the driver still in the vehicle and the vehicle was t

Historians get rare look inside old Standish town hall

STANDISH – 

Local students get a head start on higher education at St. Joe's

STANDISH – High school students are getting college credit through a program at Saint Joseph’s College.

Town, industry officials react to Dielectric closure

RAYMOND – Raymond officials and broadcasting industry watchers were sad but not surprised following last week’s announcement of the impending closure of Dielectric Communications, one of the area’s la

Windham weighs solar panel for fire station

WINDHAM – Pretty soon, the massive roof at the East Windham Fire Station on Falmouth Road could be covered with solar panels, if a power-purchase agreement under consideration receives Windham Town Co

Scarborough council says school budget is still too high

SCARBOROUGH – On Monday the Scarborough Board of Education finalized $1.74 million in cuts to the $41.4 million operating budget for 2014 first proposed by Superintendent George Entwistle, but on Wedn

Study does not support traffic light for Route 302 intersection

WESTBROOK – A study released by the Maine Department of Transportation shows the vehicle count numbers are too low to prompt a traffic signal at the Duck Pond and Hardy roads and Route 302 intersectio

'Iconic figure in Gorham' turns 90

GORHAM – No one in Gorham knows more about town transportation, roads and history than Bernard P. Rines.

Gorham, Westbrook schools take top state recycling awards

GORHAM – A deafening drum roll filled the Gorham Middle School gymnasium Monday as 700 students from Gorham, Westbrook, Waterboro and Fryeburg waited to hear who would win a recycling challenge.