Several councilors said they were hesitant to support the program but ultimately voted to fund it. The council also approved a new affordable housing development in Nason’s Corner.
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Person struck by train in Scarborough took their own life, police say
Police responded to the railroad tracks near the Pine Point Road overpass around 6 p.m. Saturday.
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How Maine towns are regulating development in flood zones
The deadly floods that devastated Central Texas last month provide a stark example of what happens when flood zone development regulations are absent or unenforced.
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Portland man charged after police block off Hanover Street to make arrest
After an hourslong standoff Monday, officers took the man into custody and transported him to the Cumberland County Jail.
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Maine delegation split over Trump’s plan to take over police operations in capital
The president announced Monday that he would send in the National Guard to combat ‘out of control crime’ and ‘rising violence’ in Washington, D.C., even though police data shows violent crime is at a 30-year low and dropping in the district.
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Gorham Notes: Gorham is well represented on best places to work list
Gorham schools, businesses named best places to work The Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, Best Companies Group and Bridge Tower Media have listed the Gorham School Department, Moody’s Collision Center, and R.J. Grondin & Sons have been listed as among the 2025 Best Places to Work in Maine, a press […]
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Maine AG rules that Cumberland County deputies justified in shooting of Harrison man
Arthur Lefebvre, 57, was injured after being shot by 2 detectives and a patrol deputy in November.
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Why is unemployment so low in Maine, and what does it mean?
Everything from housing and industry booms to fewer job-seekers and the state’s status as the oldest in the nation has contributed to a run of low jobless rates, experts say.
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Mom charged in 3-year-old’s death in Milford says she left child in car to retrieve trash, then fell into river
Kelly Brown, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, has been charged with manslaughter and is being held on $50,000 bail after police found her toddler and dog dead inside her vehicle at a gas station in a small town north of Bangor.
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Anonymous $1M donation will support arts and music in Portland schools
The biggest one-time gift in the history of the Foundation for Portland Public Schools will be used in part for a new program to bring local arts organizations into classrooms.