York-Beach News

Beginning July 23, the state Department of Transportation will be replacing the Boulter Pond Brook culvert on Route 91 located between Bass Cove Lane and Gowen Lane.

Lydia Shire needs a doppelganger. Or a Mini-Me. Or even a hologram. The Locke-Ober chef opened Scampo in the Liberty Hotel in April, just months after opening Blue Sky in York Beach, Maine.

Elizabeth Connett of Osprey, Florida, works on the wooden surfboard she and her mother, Kim Conklin, crafted together at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin.

The Senior Central newsletter recently welcomed the new directors for the center.

Hospice of York recently held its 29th annual meeting at Pelkey's Funeral Home. Members conducted their business and then enjoyed a delightful buffet prepared by JMB Caterers.

With work-force affordable housing and York Beach zoning ordinance amendments gearing up for a likely spot on the November ballot, Community Development Director Steve Burns recently reminded residents there ...

Old York's 19th annual Decorator Show House will be held at The Ledges on Gerrish Island in Kittery Point.

Down East Editors' picks for fun ways to celebrate every day this month. Strolling through almost any Maine village can seem like a bit of a history lesson, as the traditional features of our Queen Annes and ...

When folks from York and all those many vacationers travel through the village on this anniversary of our nation's birth, Old Glory will stand sentinel from nearly every pole in town.

Town offices closed for holiday. Monday, July 7 7 p.m., selectmen, York Public Library Wednesday, July 9 9 a.m., Senior Center advisory board, Senior Center 3 p.m., York Water District board of trustees, Water ...

It's a sweet story, and here's the scoop: Pilfered ice cream sign reappears out of nowhere three days after it's taken.

Editor's note: A June 24 meeting of the York Beach Zoning Subcommittee, a subcommittee of the Planning Board, was not listed here because The York Weekly was not notified of the meeting by the town.

Three teenage girls were arrested June 18 at Short Sands Beach after they were allegedly found with bathing suits and a dress stolen from a beach shop.

In a move that is likely to raise eyebrows, the Board of Selectmen voted at Monday night's meeting to approve the purchase of heating oil for municipal buildings from Estes Oil.

Members of a newly formed York Beach committee agreed this week they'll be kept busy in the months to come, dealing with a panoply of issues from zoning to parking and traffic to drainage issues.

Comedian Bob Marley will return to Jonathan's Ogunquit, this time at 8 p.m. Thursday.

I'd like to get the planning started. The original idea was just to meet in the morning and have a beach day of swimming, sunning, maxing and relaxing on the beach, at some point breaking for the Skee Ball ...

The lunch will be held at the post pavilion on Route 1A in York Beach. The event will include a 50/50 raffle for the troops.

A group of self-described "concerned York Beach business property owners" submitted a letter to the town June 11 requesting that proposed zoning changes do not move forward until infrastructure issues at York ...

The town is about to embark on a parking study at York Beach that will use a technologically advanced method of data collection: digital video.