Arrests There were no arrests reported between Feb. 19 and Feb. 25. Summonses 2/11 at 1:39 p.m. Ann Marie Brown, 27, of 19 Leach Hill Road, Casco, was summonsed by Officer Stephen Hamilton on Gray Road on a charge operating without valid driver’s license. 2/26 at 1:47 p.m. Ronald B. Butts, 38, of 153 Mechanic […]
March 2010
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Reading for literacy
Susan Steele, Portland School District’s Safe and Drug Free Schools coordinator, reads to students Tuesday morning at Hall Elementary School as part of Read Across America Day, a program to promote literacy. Steele was among 17 guest readers at Hall, which included Portland Police Chief James Craig and Mayor Nick Mavodones. Although Read Across America […]
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Thieves steal $160,000 in jewelry from mall store
A thief made off with high-end jewelry while two others distracted workers at the G.M. Pollack and Sons store Monday night.
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Pirates owner: ‘No deal with Albany’
The Portland Pirates CEO/managing owner says he remains in negotiations with county officials for a lease extension at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
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Chefs gone bad, on display; Plus, a special lecture by cookbook editor and writer Judith Jones
PORTLAND — Mug shots of food industry workers who broke the law will be on display at Rabelais beginning Friday. And on Tuesday, the editor behind Julia Child’s many cookbooks, speaks about her experience in the food world. The collection of mug shots features cooks, chefs, bartenders, waiters and butchers who worked in the food […]
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Portland city manager says jobs, services to be eliminated; City facing $8M budget shortfall
PORTLAND — City Manager Joe Gray will begin meeting this week with department heads in an attempt to close a projected $8 million budget gap. For the third year in a row, Gray said jobs and services will have to be cut. In the 2009 budget, major departments were merged or eliminated and 90 positions […]
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Waterfront public meetings start tonight
Eleven commercial property owners have applied to relax restrictions on development in the central waterfront zone.
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Miller enters District 11 state Senate race
Chris Miller, a writer and activist, is running in Maine Senate District 11 (Cumberland, Gray, Falmouth, North Yarmouth and Yarmouth) as a Green Independent candidate.
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Former BNAS workers get aid to retrain
The $2.5 million grant will help them with expenses as they retrain for new jobs.
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Maine panel weighs cell phone cancer warning
The warnings would recommend that users, especially children and pregnant women, keep the devices away from their head and body.