On the 11th floor of the Portland House apartment building facing the Eastern Promenade, Horatio Baldwin, an animal rights activist, teeters on the balcony railing. He looks out at Portland Harbor. He looks down at the trees nearly 200 feet below his feet – and jumps. There is a pause, a light breeze, the gravity of […]

PORTLAND — City officials will temporarily allow a group of Afghani Muslims to use a former television repair shop on Washington Avenue for prayer services. The compromise between city officials and the Maine Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the Portland Masjid and Islamic Center, was reached Monday. The MCLU on Aug. 13 filed a […]

BRUNSWICK — The School Board on Aug. 12 received a list of potential names for the new elementary school on McKeen Street. The board is expected to vote on the matter during a meeting in September.  The three names include Joshua L. Chamberlain Elementary School, Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School and the McKeen Street Elementary […]

Bernadette Shaw of Scarborough heads uphill to the first transition area and her waiting bicycle during the running portion of the Tri for a Cure last weekend in South Portland. The second women’s triathlon drew more than 700 participants and raised more than $400,000 for the Maine Cancer Foundation. The event began near the Southern […]

SCARBOROUGH — Right on cue with hot weather, Summerfest returns this weekend. Held at Clifford Mitchell Sports Complex, informally known as the high school fields, the fun begins Friday evening, Aug. 14, with a 6 p.m. one-mile kids road race for ages 13 and under, followed by an adult 5K road race at 6:30 p.m. […]

Art lovers had a great day, with plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures, to enjoy the annual Art in the Park event on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Mill Creek Park in South Portland.

Volunteer Tim Mellen of Woolwich checks his tape measure as young people from Camp Walt Whitman in Piermont, N.H., look on during last weekend’s Blitz Build at the Habitat for Humanity home site in Harpswell.

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Downtown Association, a non-profit group geared toward supporting local businesses, announced the hiring of a new executive director this week.  Greg Farr, who moved to Brunswick in January, but who has previous ties to Maine, was selected from a field of 40 applicants and two finalists. He will become the BDA’s […]

BRUNSWICK — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe joined 12 other senators in urging President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to add a provision in the Defense Authorization Act that could help speed the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station. The proposal by the two Maine Republicans and their colleagues was at the heart […]

SCARBOROUGH —The Scarborough Economic Development Corp. recently moved back to 29 Black Point Road. The building, also occupied by Gawron Turgeon Architects, was first home to SEDCO several years ago. SEDCO is the economic development office for the town. It was initiated to support economic and business growth to increase the town’s tax base and […]