The 16U-Gold Maine Junior’s volleyball team competed in the New England regional volleyball tournament which was recently held at St. Joseph’s College. The team made it to the championship match where they played well but lost a very close match, 25-27, 24-26.Their success during the day-long tournament means they will move up in the rankings […]
March 2012
Off-duty deputy stops, disarms man with gun
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Kimball helped disarm and detain a suicidal man who was waving a handgun toward passing traffic on Forest Avenue.
Court takes health care case behind closed doors
Three days of high court discourse on Obama’s health care overhaul come to an end with justices looking at what-ifs, and no clear signals on the outcome.
Election rules for constitutional officers rejected
A bill requested to keep politics out of top jobs is deemed too political by some state senators.
‘Substantial’ sum of money missing at Old Orchard library
An audit is next, and a now-deceased bookkeeper is the target of suspicions.
Pirates: Rewarding pit stop
Portland returns home in between four-game trips to stay in playoff contention.
Popular teacher, 26, killed in crash
Band teacher Elizabeth Polletto was on her way to work at a middle school in Gray when her car slid into an oncoming truck.
Old sails go into new swim trunks
Portland-based Sea Bags introduces a new line of men’s shorts that use vintage sailing material.
Police launch effort to halt phone scammers
FairPoint officials say con artists calling from a Jamaica area code are targeting the elderly.
Maine/New England Dispatches
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Town looking to cash in on all those cruise ship visits Town officials want to make the community a destination for cruise ship passengers headed to Portland. Town Planner Jeffrey Hinderliter and Chamber of Commerce Director Bud Harmon met with state officials and cruise industry representatives last week to discuss the possibility […]