The construction worker was operating a small loader when the first floor collapsed, and he plummeted 18 feet into the basement.
2011
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Citations issued for errant blast at Mount Desert Island quarry
Federal officials have cited the quarry owner and blasting company for safety violations stemming from a blast that sent debris flying into nearby homes.
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Police pursue leads in missing girl case
It’s been two weeks since 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds disappeared. Her mother went on TV on Thursday and said she has questions only Ayla’s father can answer.
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Bruce Roberts Toy Fund Donors
Dec. 28, 2011 Portland Pirates supports Bruce Roberts Toy Fund $1,062.69 Happy Holidays!!! Portland Newspaper Guild Local 31128 $250 National Honor Society, South Portland High School $200 Gorham Superintendent’s Office $170 Burchard Dunn Elementary School, New Gloucester, Coin Drive $482.14 6th grade at St Brigid School, Portland $159.81 Merry Christmas! Pat & Peter Bagg […]
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Scarborough police search for Shaw's robbery suspect
SCARBOROUGH — Police are investigating a robbery at Shaw’s Supermarket, 417 Payne Road, on Wednesday, Dec. 28. According to police, the robbery took place at 6:40 p.m. when the suspect, a white man in his early 30s, threatened to shoot a store clerk and demanded money. They said the suspect has a medium build and […]
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Cape Elizabeth High School junior has Maine Board of Education's ear
CAPE ELIZABETH — High school junior Chelsea Whynot is used to public speaking. And she better be. As a member of the school’s state champion mock trial team, she had to think on her feet, acting professionally in a courtroom, and use appropriate legal references. And now, as the student representative to the state Board […]
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Out with the young, in with the old: Harpswell adjusts to an aging population
Harpswell adjusts to an aging population HARPSWELL — Residents don’t need the U.S. Census to remind them that they’re getting older and that the trend has an impact on town services. From closing an elementary school to a proposal to privatize emergency medical services to a rezoning plan designed to attract young families to town, […]
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Poll: Americans optimistic about 2012
78 percent of Americans are hopeful for what 2012 will bring for their families and the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, though most say 2011 was a year they would rather forget.
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Scarborough ‘coverall bandit’ may be connected to Gorham crimes
SCARBOROUGH – The coverall bandit has struck again, this time robbing the Shaw’s supermarket at 417 Payne Road in Scarborough, where he made off with an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday evening. The incident occurred at about 6:40 p.m., Dec. 28, when a man wearing a tan Carhartt coverall and a dark blue, watch cap-style […]
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Police make violent bath-salts arrest
Police say a Maine man — high on bath salts and holding his baby — had to be Tasered six times, pepper sprayed twice and kneed in the stomach before police could subdue him.