Officials from both communities say the time has come to take a closer look at how traffic moves through two highly traveled corridors.
Gillian Graham
Staff Writer
Gillian Graham is a general assignment reporter for the Portland Press Herald. A lifelong Mainer and graduate of the University of Southern Maine, she has worked as a journalist since 2005 and joined the paper as a staff writer in 2012. During her time with the Press Herald, Gillian has told the stories of everyday Mainers and tackled issues of poverty, hunger and homelessness. She enjoys telling compelling stories that help people better understand and connect with the communities and people around them. In her free time, Gillian loves spending time with her husband and family, hand embroidery, and hunting for vintage treasure at flea markets and antique stores.
Magazine ranks Ogunquit as ‘best beach town’
Three other York County communities also make Yankee Magazine’s list of the Top 25 Beach Towns in New England.
Saco sets date for school-district secession vote
Saco residents will decide next month if they want to form a committee to seek withdrawal from Regional School Unit 23.
South Portland seeks to lower Highland Avenue speed
Complaints lead the city to ask the state to reduce the limit on a busy stretch near the Scarborough line to 35 mph.
Biddeford gets to vote on school spending plan
The education budget is unchanged from the one that had been vetoed by Mayor Alan Casavant.
Biddeford to vote on $32.9M school budget
Biddeford residents will vote Tuesday on an education budget previously vetoed by the mayor.
Deal appears near to rid Biddeford of MERC plant
Councilors hope to buy and close the trash incinerator, long viewed as an obstacle to downtown development.
Falmouth title teams celebrate to excess
Police charge a couple with furnishing a place for minors to drink after breaking up a party for baseball and lacrosse players.
Makeover aims to bring more people into Mill Creek Park
A $321,000 project will add seating areas, trails and a fountain, among other improvements.
Rebuilding La Kermesse
With new events and an expanded list of spotlighted cultures, the Biddeford festival hopes for bigger crowds after a lean two years.