PORTLAND – The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend that medical marijuana dispensaries be allowed in business zones where pharmacies and other retail stores are now located. The designation would allow Northeast Patients Group to open a dispensary in a former Key Bank building at 959 Congress St., near the corner of St. […]

The Planning Board urges the city to reconsider a 20-year ban on new waterfront housing projects.

Updated at 10 p.m. Police tonight arrested a Brownfield man who they say fled into the woods after shooting his neighbor. Police arrested Keith Brain, 42,  and charged with him elevated aggravated assault in connection with the shooting of James Walsh, 38.  Both men lived on Moore Road. Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said the […]

Nearly 5,000 homes in Falmouth, Westbrook and Windham were without electricity for more than an hour and half this evening after a transmission line in North Yarmouth went down. The power was lost at 6:03 p.m. and restored 7:44 p.m., according to  Central Maine Power.  Officials said they are not sure what caused the problems […]

The agency will meet with coastal communities that could end up facing higher insurance costs and tighter building rules.

The project includes the rehabilitation of 26.4 miles of existing rail lines and the construction of two platforms between Portland and Brunswick.