CUMBERLAND — A divided Town Council on Monday rejected a zoning ordinance change that would have banned deer feeding and baiting. The matter was tabled last month until all seven councilors could be in attendance. They voted 4-3 against the proposal Monday, with Councilors Mike Perfetti, Bill Stiles, Ron Copp and George Turner in the majority; […]

PORTLAND — A city panel reached consensus Monday evening on keeping Congress Square as open space, but changing its recessed plaza design. The Congress Square Redesign Study Group met at City Hall for the first time since a public forum on May 12 to discuss results of the forum and continue moving forward with the […]

PORTLAND — After more than a year in the courts, an Old Port nightclub owner successfully overturned the City Council’s 2009 denial of his liquor license. But the ruling only applies to the Cactus Club’s license for 2008-2009, so the bar owner could find himself before the council twice before the end of the year […]

PORTLAND — The deadline is approaching for submissions to design the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. memorial along the new Bayside Trail. An oversight committee of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission is expected to review preliminary concepts for the design after the Aug. 12 deadline. After qualifications and conceptual designs are reviewed, the oversight […]

YARMOUTH — The Maine Department of Transportation on Wednesday said it is postponing construction and lane closures scheduled for this weekend on Interstate 295 northbound. The decision to delay work on the Royal River Bridge was made after discussions with the Maine Turnpike Authority, Maine Innkeepers Association and the Maine Office of Tourism. It came […]

PORTLAND — Police have identified the 22-year-old man who was shot and killed early Sunday in an apartment at 55 Allen Ave. as Taquan Samuels, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Police said a 911 call came in at 3:40 a.m. on July 25 reporting one person had been shot. Emergency crews responded and pronounced the man dead […]

PHOENIX – Family and friends spent the past week standing vigil outside a Phoenix hospital room, praying Marlena Cantu would recover from severe injuries suffered in an Arizona traffic crash. But their world was turned upside down when they learned authorities had made a mistake — and the badly bruised, swollen-faced woman in the hospital […]

The release probably won’t alter the public’s overall perceptions of the war but does add details to the day-to-day picture.

The crops look to be abundant and of better quality than last year thanks to ‘perfect’ weather.

BERLIN, N.H. – Police say a GPS tracking application on a stolen cell phone helped them apprehend suspects accused in a rash of thefts from parked vehicles in New Hampshire. State police say a hiker reported that a cell phone had been stolen from a vehicle parked near a trail. The victim was able to […]