SOUTH PORTLAND — Police are searching for a suspect in a stabbing that occurred near Thornton Heights Sunday night. Sgt. Joe Dell’Aquila said officers were called to 20 Memory Lane at 11:11 p.m. for the reported stabbing. The victim was treated for minor injuries at the scene and did not have to be transported to […]

Evelyn Taylor rings a bell for her mother and grandmother, who were killed 65 years ago when a U.S. Army plane crashed into South Portland’s Redbank neighborhood during World War II. Taylor and others participated July 11 in a memorial to the 19 crash victims, all but one of whom were on the ground. The […]

Athletes who have qualified for the National Senior Games gathered in Scarborough on July 12 and were greeted by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, right, who told them “I have to schedule exercise time, or it does not get done.” Eighty-three Mainers will travel to Palo Alto, Calif., for the games Aug. 1-15, the largest multi-sport […]

HARPSWELL — The sixth annual Harpswell Festival begins Saturday, July 25, at Mitchell Field. The festival will span a day and a half and will feature fireworks, food, kids’ activities and live music at the scenic venue. The event kick offs at 5 p.m. on July 25. Fireworks are scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. […]

PORTLAND — One of three men detained last Thursday in relation to a report of a man waving a gun on Congress Street has been arrested by Portland Police for a June robbery.  Police Lt. Tony Ward said this week that Ahmed Ismail, 23, was arrested on Friday for allegedly robbing a man and a […]

SCARBOROUGH — Less than 12 hours after councilors voted to adopt a wind turbine ordinance, the Town Council chairman is hoping they will reconsider. The council finally tackled the ordinance governing the small wind-energy systems early Thursday morning. Several revisions had been made since the first reading, including an increase in allowable height from 100 […]

SCARBOROUGH — After 4 1/2 hours of discussion Wednesday, town councilors voted 4-3 to swap a portion of a Pine Point road with a parking strip owned by a local motel. As councilors debated the proposal to trade a strip of Depot Road in front of the Lighthouse Inn for the motel’s parking strip, both […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Town councilors on Monday said they will decide in August whether to put a traffic light at the intersection of Route 77, Shore and Scott Dyer roads. The Town Council last November postponed the decision until May, and in the meantime approved funding for passive pedestrian safety measures like improved crosswalks and […]

FALMOUTH — The Maine State Ballet will award a tuition scholarship for a tap dance student in honor of long-time tap instructor Peggy Etter. The studio will also recognize Etter’s more than 50 years of service with an open house celebration and scholarship benefit on Saturday, July 18. The afternoon will include an alumni reunion […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council is poised to put the future of their health-care insurance to voters this November. The council spent more than an hour in a workshop Monday night debating the insurance benefit, which costs about $70,000 to cover six of the seven councilors. Questions about council health insurance were raised initially […]