York Town News
From the approximately 500 people who filled half the seats in the Noble High School Auditorium in North Berwick to those at local town and school meetings, the reaction to Gov. John Baldacci's school consolidation plan has been overwhelmingly negative in this part of the state.
Within the past week, the School Committee and Board of Selectmen have given the nod to their respective operating and capital budgets for fiscal 2008, and now the Budget Committee's review process has begun.
When Coastal Ridge Elementary School art teacher Mary Zane learned about the nonprofit Kenya School Project an old friend had founded, she knew immediately that she wanted to help.
Stonewall Kitchen will not be moving anywhere.
It took four months and more than 40 hours of a collective effort, but the York School Committee and the York Teachers Association have reached agreement on a new contract, effective this coming September.
Local resident Michael Kimball may be best known for his international best-selling thrillers, but he's now quickly gaining recognition for his talent as a playwright, most recently with a nomination for the 2007 Edgar Award.
You may know that you can buy Charlie Brown Wildcat Cards at York House of Pizza.
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Piscataqua Region announced last week that the York Land Trust has been named as the only Maine recipient to share more than $280,000 in grants to area community groups.
Have you ever met a turtle?
York Public Safety News
The York Police Department has announced new developments in two cases that made headlines in recent weeks.
Briefs
At its Jan. 24 meeting, the Appeals Board granted a special exception for a seasonal conversion of property at 11 Pine Hill Road South owned by Patricia Shaughnessy.
Kindergarten registration is ongoing throughout the month of February weekdays at Village Elementary School.
It's back, and just in time to add a little life to a cold February evening.
Join Old York Historical Society, the York Public Library and York Adult and Community Education for a continuation of the series, "From the Front," on Feb. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Ongoing
After the recent loss of two Maine citizens due to the misuse of a portable generator, The York Beach Fire Department felt compelled to remind local residents of the dangers winter can bring.
By Town Planner Steve Burns
Rebecca "Becky" Linney, renowned landscape designer, will be at an Old York Garden Club event next month to speak on "The ABCs of Garden Design."
Hospice of York will be holding a new daytime volunteer training class due to the overwhelming need in the local area.
The office of
The Independent on York Street now has scheduled business hours for our readers to pick up copies of the paper, file circulation requests, place advertisements or submit press releases.
In Rofutha, a small village in Sierra Leone, children go to school in an open building with a thatched roof in a community where 90 percent of the population has never learned to read and write.
