FALMOUTH — Fire officials believe lightning caused a fire that severely damaged a home on the Windham border Saturday night. A press release from the Falmouth Fire-EMS Department said the fire at 202 Rockaway Road was first noticed by neighbors who smelled smoke and saw fire on the second floor shortly after 5 p.m. Aug. […]
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Couple comes home to lead Salvation Army in Portland
PORTLAND — For John and Annette Lock, coming home was a somewhat strange and unexpected happening. The Maine natives had been away for nearly three decades, serving as majors at several Salvation Army Corps in New Jersey and Connecticut. When they were appointed to Portland, they were stunned. “It’s unusual to be sent to the […]
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Portland police may charge woman who made false claim of sexual assault
PORTLAND — A 34-year-old woman who admitted falsely claiming she was sexually assaulted along the Back Cove Trail may be charged with a crime. Police Chief Michael Sauschuck on Aug. 14 said the Police Department was still investigating, after the the woman recanted earlier that morning. “No crime occurred,” Sauschuck said in a news conference outside […]
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Alleged victim recants report of sexual assault on Portland’s Back Cove trail
PORTLAND — A 34-year-old woman who reported to police earlier this week she was sexually assaulted around noon on the Back Cove trail has recanted her story. Following an investigation into the report by Police Department detectives, the woman has acknowledged she was not sexually assaulted, Assistant Police Chief Vern Malloch said in a news […]
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Portland Community Health Center gets $1.7M grant to open South Portland office
SOUTH PORTLAND — A new community health center will open in December in the Redbank-Brick Hill neighborhood, with help from a federal Affordable Care Act grant. The announcement of the South Portland Community Health Center was made Friday by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. The $1.7 million New Access Point Community Health Center grant will be […]
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Brunswick woman arrested in Freeport for allegedly driving drunk with child in car
FREEPORT — A Brunswick woman was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 11, for allegedly driving drunk with one child in the car as she headed to pick up her other children from day care. Police said she struck two vehicles in separate areas of town before she was arrested. Heather Bowman, 39, was charged with operating under […]
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Portland police seek witnesses to Back Cove sexual assault
PORTLAND — Chief Michael Sauschuck on Thursday said the Police Department wants to hear from witnesses to an alleged sexual assault that occurred Wednesday afternoon along Back Cove Trail. “We are on this with all the staff we have available,” Sauschuck said of report by a 34-year-old woman that she was attacked at around 12:15 […]
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Cape Elizabeth council, commission member clash over freedom of information
CAPE ELIZABETH — The town has decided not to take immediate action against a Fort Williams Advisory Commission member who apparently failed to comply with a freedom of information request. The request for emails under Maine’s Freedom of Access Act was made by Town Council Chairwoman Kathy Ray to Dr. Terry Ann Scriven, who has […]
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Portland writing program launches Scarborough young author
SCARBOROUGH — Cameron Jury, 14, may be the youngest published author in Scarborough. The rising freshman at Scarborough High School recently completed the year-long Young Emerging Authors Fellowship at the Telling Room in Portland, which allowed her to write her own book under the tutelage of professional adult authors. She was part of a publishing process most […]
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Aging bleachers at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth to be torn down, with eye toward amphitheater
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council on Monday approved demolition of the concrete bleachers at Fort Williams Park, with the goal of constructing an amphitheater in two years. Councilors on Aug. 10 decided the bleachers at the park softball diamond should be demolished because they have deteriorated beyond repair. A section of bleachers in better shape […]