SOUTH PORTLAND — President Barack Obama’s scheduled March 30 fundraiser in South Portland has been moved from the Marriott Sable Oaks to the Hutchinson Union Gymnasium at Southern Maine Community College. Obama’s campaign made the move to accommodate more people after exceeding the capacity at Sable Oaks, according to a press release on behalf of […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A former state employee from Knightville has announced his candidacy in House District 122 as an unenrolled candidate. The district includes the Knightville-Mill Creek, Ferry Village, and Willard Square neighborhoods, and is represented by state Rep. Terry Morrison, a Democrat. Christopher Kessler, a residential energy auditor who recently worked for the state’s LIHEAP […]

SCARBOROUGH — A New York developer of assisted-living centers received another approval from the town on Wednesday, bringing it closer to realizing its plan to build an 81-unit facility on Black Point Road in Oak Hill. But members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, who approved an exception to allow Wegman Cos. of Rochester, N.Y., […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Dozens of residents and business owners debated the merits of angled versus parallel parking and one-way versus two-way traffic for nearly two hours Monday night during a City Council workshop. Shop owners want to keep their angled, drive-in parking spaces along Ocean Street in Knightville no matter what. Residents, for the most part, […]