CUMBERLAND COUNTY — A task force created to combat underage drinking has awarded grants to nine local law enforcement agencies. The Cumberland County Underage Drinking Enforcement Task Force gave $2,000 each to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department and to police departments in Freeport, Yarmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, South Portland, Bridgton, Westbrook and Windham. The money […]

SCARBOROUGH — Two elections ago, some Scarborough High School alumni’s nostalgia for the school’s retired athletics nickname, the Redskins, led to a referendum question that failed at the polls. Now,  it’s inspired a T-shirt. An exact replica of an original shirt, the red tee is adorned with “Scarborough Redskins.” A large image of the school’s […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Planning Board on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a proposal to turn a baseball field and green space on Peary Terrace into an eight-lot subdivision. One of those lots would continue to house Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 832, which is also the home of the Maine Military Museum and Learning […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A 44-year-old Cape Elizabeth woman was charged with three felonies in connection with an accident that injured a police officer early on the morning of Dec. 12. Lisa Cioe was charged with operating under the influence at the scene of the Saturday-morning accident. On Monday, Dec. 14, she was additionally charged with […]

BRUNSWICK — A local business organization is slated to manage tenants at a town-leased portion of the Maine Street Station development, but only if it re-establishes its non-profit status with the state. According to Tim Poulin, director of the Division of Corporations in the office of the secretary of state, the Brunswick Downtown Association allowed […]

BRUNSWICK — Congress this week passed a $447 billion omnibus bill that includes a $12.9 million earmark for a Joint Armed Forces Reserve Center at Brunswick Naval Air Station. The reserve center funding is within the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill, one of six measures covered by the omnibus bill. President Barack Obama […]

BATH — The cause remains unknown of a Dec. 10 fire that gutted the 177 Middle St. home of City Councilor James Omo and killed two pets. The Ward 1 councilor said on Wednesday that an insurance inspector has taken a desk lamp and power strip for analysis to see if they could have contributed […]

TOPSHAM — When the civilian build-out of Brunswick Naval Air Station is complete, base redevelopers hope to create about 14,000 jobs, nearly triple the number expected to be lost in the 2011 closure. Strengthening the local workforce is cause for optimism, but when the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority set its short-, mid- and long-term job-creation […]

BATH — The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved two Bath Iron Works proposals, including expansion of its Ultra Hall facility. The shipyard received site plan approval for the project, which will add a third bay to the south side of the Washington Street building. That approval is contingent on City Council support of contract […]

HARPSWELL — When word spread that the Bailey Island post office might close, the biggest concern among the 300-plus islanders who rallied to keep it open wasn’t the loss of convenience. It was the loss of identity and community. Now, thanks to an effort led by two former postal employees and more than $115,000 in […]