Neil Amidon of York reaches out on Route 77 in Cape Elizabeth to touch a poster honoring Army National Guard Capt. Patrick D. Damon of Falmouth, who died on June 15, 2006, at age 41 while stationed in Bagram, Afghanistan. Amidon, a dentist from York, was taking part in Sunday’s 59-mile “Run for the Fallen” […]

A length of crime scene tape provided the ribbon for area police chiefs and law enforcement officials who opened the new Metropolitan Regional Crime Lab on Wednesday at the Portland Police Department. The $1.5 million forensics lab will be used by officers from Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, Westbrook, Windham, Yarmouth and the […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough Economic Development Corp. wants the Planning Board to uphold the town’s design standards when the board considers an application from Marden’s Surplus & Salvage to occupy the former Wal-Mart building on Payne Road. There is added pressure on Scarborough, meanwhile, because Marden’s is weighing the Payne Road project against another one […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — After years of debate, Town Councilors voted 4-3 Wednesday night against installing a traffic light at the intersection of Ocean House, Scott Dyer and Shore roads. They also voted to turn down state and federal funding for the project. The special meeting on Aug. 26 ended nearly 40 years of discussion about traffic […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — When students go back to school on Wednesday, Sept. 2, many will be returning to safer schools and have more technology at their disposal.  City schools will also offer free immunizations later this fall in an effort to reduce the looming flu threat, which many health experts predict will surge over the winter. […]

SCARBOROUGH — Voters may be asked to authorize borrowing up to $1 million to fund the purchase of conservation land. The Town Council appeared enthusiastic at the first reading last week of an order that would allow the town to place a referendum on the November ballot. If it passes, the town is all but […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland Land Trust on Monday presented the City Council a feasibility study for a possible pedestrian-bicycle bridge over Long Creek. The feasibility study by Sebago Technics detailed six options for building a bridge that would connect Portland’s West End with South Portland. SPLT member Shay Bellas, who is co-managing the […]

SCARBOROUGH — The new school year brings a couple of administrative changes to Scarborough, as well as additions to math and technology programs this fall. Scarborough Middle School Principal Jo Anne Sizemore has been appointed interim assistant superintendent of schools, taking over for Andrew Dolloff, who resigned in June to take a superintendent’s position in […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — School teachers and administrators were in workshops this week in preparation for the start of the school year on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Much attention over the last several weeks has been given to a possible outbreak of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, this fall. Superintendent of Schools Alan Hawkins […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday, Sept. 3, will conduct a public hearing and possibly vote on the transfer of town land to Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers to serve as the site of a future home. Paul Rossignol, president of the Bath Iron Works-based Ironclad hockey team, approached the board Aug. 20 about donating […]