Brian Sheehy of the Danvers, Mass., Essex Ball Club explains how it was done in the old days for a group of Little Leaguers on Saturday, June 26 in Freeport. On Sunday, Sheehy’s Boston Bean Eaters team took on Dirigo Vintage Baseball Club of Augusta in a throwback game at the Freeport Historical Society’s Pettingill […]

SCARBOROUGH — The U.S. Postal Service was fined $430,000 for “willful and repeated” safety violations, including a $10,000 fine for one repeat violation, at its distribution center on Postal Service Way. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it began an inspection of the center in December 2009 after repeated complaints from employees. OSHA […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Dozens of planes pass over Brick Hill to land at the Portland International Jetport every day. But it was a landing of a very different sort that recently attracted a small crowd. A handful of city officials and residents were on hand June 24 to witness the arrival of a granite memorial […]

SCARBOROUGH — There’s a new officer on the police force — he’s got a fuzzy face and was born and raised in Germany. His name is Kona and he’s a German Shepherd. Kona is a K-9 police dog in training who arrived from Frankfurt on Mother’s Day. He is staying with Officer Michael Sawyer, who […]

Anna Chapman, who used social-networking sites liberally, hardly fits the Cold War stereotype.

BRUNSWICK — The effort to create a 1.25-mile, four-season riverwalk between Brunswick and Topsham took another step forward last week. The Androscoggin Riverwalk would create a loop using the recently renovated Swinging Bridge and the Frank J. Wood Bridge. The Androscoggin Brunswick-Topsham Riverwalk committee, the group spearheading the project, plans to raise $1.2 million through […]

BRUNSWICK — The traffic snarls, washouts and bumpy rides that have marked travel along a busy stretch of Bath Road should be just about over, according to the town’s public works director. Crews have been working on the $2.15 Bath Road improvement project since April. The project has generated its share of angst for business […]

TOPSHAM — The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously rejected construction of a cellular communications tower in the Heights neighborhood. The decision prompted cheers from the audience, composed largely of Heights residents, who have packed every board meeting to oppose the project. “We’re very happy with the decision,” said Phin White of Bridge Street, who helped gather […]

BRUNSWICK — Residents in the town’s seven election districts could be voting at a single location on Nov. 2. The proposed change would reduce the town’s six polling locations to one, or possibly two. The Town Council has scheduled a public hearing on the consolidation plan for its July 12 meeting. Proposals for polling consolidation […]

BATH — The organizers of an effort to reconstruct a 17th century tow and sailing vessel this summer are looking for volunteers, tools and money for the project. The Merrymeeting Area Summer School and Maine’s First Ship are working together on the program, where 14 Morse High School students will work with Morse science teacher Eric […]