PORTLAND — Police, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department deputies and members of a regional violent crimes task force are looking for a man who was accidentally released from jail Wednesday night. Ahmed Ismail, 23, was being held in the maximum-security unit at the Cumberland County Jail for allegedly robbing a couple in June. Portland police say […]

SCARBOROUGH — The town manager Wednesday introduced a working design for a controversial public area at Pine Point. The sketch by Terrance DeWann & Associates is the result of work by Town Manager Tom Hall’s task force, a group made up of two Pine Point Residents Association members, a resident of Beach Walk subdivision, and […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Although School Board rules require four meetings a year with the superintendent of schools, to set goals and evaluate her job performance, it appears the board is not meeting its obligations. Although the board chairman, in response to a written request for information, said the board has annually evaluated the superintendent’s performance, he […]

BATH — The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday evening to seek a $500,000 public infrastructure grant to help fund improvements on Centre Street. The $1.3 million project is planned to rehabilitate Centre Street between Bluff Road and High Street. Improvements would include the replacement of about 2,500 feet of 6- and 8-inch cast-iron water pipe with […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Police are looking for two teenagers suspected of trying to rob a Cottage Road convenience store at knife-point late Tuesday. Police Lt. Todd Bernard said two school-aged boys, each estimated to be 15-17 years old and 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, entered the Big Apple at 11:47 […]

HARPSWELL — In 2002, Harpswell assumed ownership of more than 77 acres of forest behind the municipal facility on Mountain Road. The land was meant for some future use, but aside from a failed proposal to install wind turbines atop the Long Reach overlook – the highest point in town – and discussions about affordable […]

SCARBOROUGH — The theft of an automated teller machine on Sunday night at a Mussey Road convenience store played out like the plot line for a 2009 version of Woody Allen’s 1969 movie, “Take the Money and Run.” But instead of the inept Allen getting his hand caught in the gumball machine, the alleged thief […]

SCARBOROUGH —The town and Visiting Nurses Association Home Health & Hospice will be holding a regional preschool H1N1 vaccination clinic from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9 at St. Maximilian Church on Black Point Road. The clinic is open only to children age 6 months to 5 years who have not yet received their first […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — On Tuesday evening, a group of 11 international students at Southern Maine Community College was putting the final touches on its end-of-semester projects.  Over the next week, the students will visit elementary students in Topsham and give short speeches in the council chambers at South Portland City Hall. The speeches will be […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The high school Advanced Placement government class will host a panel discussion on health care reform Wednesday, Dec. 9. The event will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium at 345 Ocean House Road. The community is encouraged to attend the event, and will have the opportunity to ask questions […]