YARMOUTH — The third annual Pumpkin Run on Oct.31 raised about $3,500 for the Bartlett Circle low-income senior housing complex. The non-profit now needs less than $20,000 to complete the first phase of renovations. The cost for the Phase I improvements was estimated at about $340,000, with nearly $232,000 raised internally. Efforts to raise $107,000 from the […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Economic Development Corp. has voted to remain an independent organization and not merge with the new Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce. The FEDC board voted unanimously Dec. 1 to move forward as a separate entity, but will continue for now to share resources and staff with the chamber. Its goal is to […]

FREEPORT — If the Town Council approves, Seacoast United soccer club could begin a feasibility study on the back portion of the Pownal Road athletic field. The Field Use Committee made the recommendation to the council last week, and will support an engineering study to determine if the undeveloped land behind the Pownal Road field is […]

PORTLAND — The man who was mistakenly released from the Cumberland County Jail the evening of Dec. 2 turned himself in last Friday. Portland police, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department deputies and members of a regional violent crimes task force had been looking for Ahmed Ismail, 23, since shortly after his release. Ismail was released after […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Residents and alternative transportation advocates Monday received a sneak peek at a state plan outlining rail projects and funding priorities for the next 10 years. Some projects proposed in a draft of the Maine State Rail Plan were expected, specifically a $39 million extension of the Amtrak Downeaster to Brunswick and a […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Former Congressman and longtime U.S. Appeals Court Judge Frank M. Coffin died Monday evening at the age of 90. Family members said Coffin died at Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he had been hospitalized since Nov. 21, when he underwent emergency cardiac surgery. Coffin, who is survived by his wife of 67 […]

PORTLAND — The City Council Monday unanimously approved a lease agreement with a local seafood company for space on the Maine State Pier. The council also voted in favor of allowing Maine Yacht Center on Kensington Street to expand its operations. Ready Seafood Co. will pay the city $100,000 a year to lease about 10,000 […]

PORTLAND — Three years ago, Steve Bolton brought construction manager Dan Wallace out to see a parcel of land Habitat for Humanity owned at the end of Demerest Street. “It was a steep hill with a ditch at the bottom,” Wallace said. When Bolton, Habitat’s executive director, shared his plans to build four homes there, […]

PORTLAND — The School Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 9, will get a first look at a new, unified schedule for the city’s four high schools. The proposed schedule would align school days at Portland, Deering, Casco Bay and Portland Arts and Technology high schools so the district can better share students and resources between schools. […]

PORTLAND — Assistant Police Chief Joseph Loughlin is retiring at the end of December, concluding a 28-year career with the department. Loughlin, a published author, has said he’d like to teach and write more in his retirement. The New York native joined the department in 1981 when he was 26 and has held every rank. […]