SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — A professor at Southern Maine Community College has been awarded the 2011 Teaching Excellence Award from the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. Florence Chambers, who came to the South Portland campus in 2001, is one of six instructors nationwide to receive the award. She tells The Portland Press Herald that […]

WATERVILLE ( AP) — Police said Tuesday they’ve received more than 300 leads from the public in their search for a toddler who vanished from her dad’s home a week before Christmas. “These leads have poured in from around the nation, including several from as far away as California,” Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey said […]

PORTLAND — During the heyday, Maine urchin fishermen harvested more than 40 million pounds of the spiny creatures a year. A move is now under way to jumpstart the industry, which has fallen on hard times and is just a skeleton of its former self. A panel made up of scientists, urchin harvesters and regulators has […]

BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library will host a class on how to use e-readers, on Jan. 10. The class will show how to borrow library books and send them to an e- reader, tablet computer or smart phone. Classes will be held in the library’s Adult Technology Room on Jan. 10 at 12:15 p.m. and […]

FREEPORT — Freeport officials and Brunswick’s downtown association recently reiterated their support for the Downeaster’s expansion to the Mid-coast region. Last week, the Freeport Town Council approved a resolution to be sent to Maine’s congressional delegation, stating opposition to any federal funding cuts to Amtrak or the High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program. Wayne Davis, chairman […]

BRUNSWICK — Police on Tuesday released more details about a dead body discovered Thursday afternoon along railroad tracks at Cook’s Corner. Investigators continue to appeal for assistance identifying the man. Most notably, according to Brunswick detectives, the white male had a urine catheter strapped to his leg. Officers responded just after noon Thursday to an area […]

BRUNSWICK — When Josh Davis and his business partner, Bruno Tropeano, picked downtown Brunswick for their gelato shop in 2007, it was big risk for a small-town boy. Davis, who grew up the small Kennebec County town of Belgrade, said The Gelato Fiasco will make its next big move in 2012 — to Maine’s biggest city. […]