Whether trick-or-treating, bowling, playing Xbox, or cheering for the football team, it’s ‘like they’ve known each other for years.’
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Burgeoning Westbrook tackles its image problem
A survey shows the city’s reputation is based on negatives of the past and not positives like the arts community, technology sector, restaurants and affordability.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
With marketplace and skywalk, fresh look envisioned for part of the Old Port
Those are just some elements of a conceptual design for a block of six old buildings in the shopping area near the harbor.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, Schools and Education
Regional School Unit 5 refocuses on superintendent search
Board members say they won’t obsess over Freeport’s nearly leaving the three-town school district.
Posted inLocal Elections, Politics
Drunken driving could be reason for ousting of Gorham officials
Partial results show a split over spending $5 million to expand the public safety building.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections
SAD 15 voters face school facilities questions
Residents of Gray and New Gloucester will decide whether to borrow $7.4 million for improvements – more than half of which would be spent on athletic fields.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections
Gorham voters to decide council morality standard
The ballot also includes four candidates seeking school board seats, and a proposal to spend $5 million for a public safety building expansion.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections
Contrary studies heat up debate on Freeport schools
Voters facing a bid to withdraw from RSU 5 are looking at reports that show a financial loss or gain for the town.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Judge dismisses part of a freedom of speech lawsuit against Portland
Anti-abortion protesters had sued over a buffer zone enacted at a Planned Parenthood Clinic on Congress Street.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Biddeford man charged with animal cruelty after pets found in foreclosed home
Police find a malnourished dog and cat in a feces-strewn home.