Headlines from York and Ogunquit, Maine

CHANGE FOR KENYA, ONE COIN AT A TIME. Students at Coastal Ridge Elementary School, including Ben MacLean, pictured here, have donated their spare change - and bills - to help the work of the Kenya School Project, a nonprofit organization, to improve educational opportunities for children in Kenya. This week, the students will be counting their coins to find out how much money they raised. For the full story on the Kenya School Project and its Coastal Ridge connection, see story. Photo by Mary Zane

York County blasts school plan as "taxation without representation"

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.

Shooting victim charged in gun incident; Stop N Go burglary solved

The York Police Department has announced new developments in two cases that made headlines in recent weeks.

Scaled-back arts space, $6 million Town Hall part of budget plan

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.

[more York News]

OPA Classic Film Series continues with "Speedy"

Ogunquit Performing Arts continues the 2006-2007 Classic Film Series season with Harold Lloyd's 1928 silent film "Speedy" at the Dunaway Center on Wednesday evening, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m.

[more Ogunquit News]

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