PORTLAND — Most people would rather not have their digestive tract problems publicized on the Internet and in print. But Portland Pirates head coach Kevin Dineen speaks freely about his more than 20-year battle with Crohn’s disease, a condition that causes inflammation of the bowels. The former NHL player is even featured in a new […]

Adison Smith, 2, reaches for her quick portrait, done by Brunswick author and artist Charlotte Agell at the Curtis Memorial Library children’s book sale last weekend.

BATH — Police on Wednesday arrested a 14-year-old Morse High School student on a charge of arson in connection with a fire at the school. At 12:11 p.m. that day the Fire Department responded to a fire in a first-floor boys bathroom. Firefighters extinguished the fire, which was spreading between walls. The school was evacuated […]

SCARBOROUGH — A Pine Point Residents Association member wasted no time on Wednesday asking the new Scarborough Town Council to walk away from the council decision last summer to swap land with a local motel. During public comments, after the swearing in of returning Councilor Carol Rancourt and first-time Councilor Jessica Holbrook, Avenue Three resident […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A trip to Vermont by two city councilors seems to have swayed their support for a wood-fueled power plant near Rigby Yard. Councilors Maxine Beecher and Jim Hughes traveled to Middlebury, Vt., on Nov. 17 with Assistant City Manager Erik Carson and representatives from the Maine Renewable Energy Consortium, a local group […]

SCARBOROUGH — What takes less time, is more convenient, supports local businesses and keeps more dollars in town? Shopping locally. And now there is a nonprofit organization that helps independent business owners  in Scarborough and will soon benefit residents and local boosters clubs, too. Buy Local Scarborough is the brainchild of Town Councilor Karen D’Andrea. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to approve a $50,000 loan to a nonprofit group building a group home in Knightville for disabled adults. But the council did not vote on a $50,000 bailout of a local steel company hit hard by the recession.   Councilors met in executive session prior […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday night unanimously, and without discussion, appointed Jerald McQueeney to represent District 3 on the School Board. The 42-year-old Clifford Street resident will serve on the board until the next general election on Nov. 2, 2010. McQueeney, who owns a Mill Creek insurance company and has two children […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — A trio of local professionals want to open a cafe that will offer residents a bagel before work, a place for stay-at-home parents to gather with their children and a wine bar to relax after a long day. James Wagner, Dr. Samir Haydar and David Leopold met with the Planning Board Tuesday night […]

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins speaks to students at Freeport Middle School on Nov. 12, where she described her typical day and answered questions from the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders.