SOUTH PORTLAND — It took 50 years for Red’s Dairy Freeze to build a fanatical following for its frozen soft-serve treats. But it only took a matter of minutes on Monday for demolition crews to reduce the building at the corner of Cottage Road and Highland Avenue to a pile of rubble. “It’s sad,” said […]
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Falmouth woman killed in early morning crash on Maine Turnpike
A Falmouth woman was killed early today after the car she was riding in rolled over on an exit ramp of the Maine Turnpike in Saco
Two killed in plane crash in Harrison
The wreckage of the 1946 Taylorcraft plane was found at 6 a.m. today in a wooded area in Harrison.
Luxury residential cruise ship to stop in Maine
The World, a 644-foot ship with 165 residences ranging from studio apartments to a six-bedroom ocean penthouse, will visit Portland from Oct. 15-17, 2012.
Keselowski grabs Nationwide victory
BROOKLYN, Mich. – A bum clutch didn’t trip up Brad Keselowski. Neither did racing in close proximity with nemesis Carl Edwards. Keselowski managed to make it through pit stops despite mechanical problems, then grabbed the lead on a restart with eight laps to go and pulled away to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at Michigan […]
Boatyards offer closer look at craft
The expertise and tradition behind Maine-built boats will be on display next week for the public.
Incentives drive up energy audits
Cash offers and deadlines create unusually high summer demand for home weatherizing services.
Dispatches
ALFRED Motorcyclist dies in crash with car; passenger hurt A New Hampshire man was killed Friday in a crash involving a motorcycle and a car on Route 111. The accident happened just after 4:30 p.m., when a woman driving a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox turned left onto Route 111 as a motorcycle with two people on […]
Motive in stabbings a mystery
The man suspected of killing five and wounding 13 in the U.S. also is a suspect in Israel.
Brother, sister die in 2-vehicle crash in Topsham
TOPSHAM — Two siblings were killed in a two- vehicle accident on Meadow Road Thursday morning, Aug. 12, according to Maine State Police. The crash occurred at about 4 a.m. in front of the Bisson Farm. Randy Bishop, 50, of Bowdoinham, and his sister, Donna Pottle, 39, of Bowdoin, were traveling north in a 1999 Saturn […]