PORTLAND — The Abyssinian Meeting House, a 185-year-old landmark at 75 Newbury St., is being added to a list of the nation’s 11 most endangered historic places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation included the meeting house on its 2013 list, which also includes Gay Head Lighthouse in Aquinnah, Mass., and San Jose Church in […]
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Yarmouth Police Beat: June 20
Arrests 6/13 at 11:07 p.m. Tanley R. Hudson, 22, of Freeport, was arrested on Highlands Farm Road by Officer Brian Andreasen on a charge of operating under the influence. Summonses 6/10 at 10:24 p.m. Zachary S Ferri, 30, of Juniper Ledge, was issued a summons on Route 1 by Officer Brian Andreasen on a charge […]
Portland Sports Roundup
McAuley basketball camp upcoming McAuley’s Topscore basketball camp will have a new director this year, Billy Goodman, the two-time Lions championship coach. The day camp, which has existed for over 30 years, is open to all girls ages 9-14 and runs the weeks of July 8th and 15th. FMI, 797-3892 or mcauley.org. Ziggy’s Running Camp […]
Freeport Police Beat: June 20
Arrests 6/12 at 6 p.m. Michael J. Thibodeau, 50, of Lavers Pond Road, was arrested on Mallett Drive by Officer Brandon Paxton on a charge of operating under the influence. 6/14 at 9:26 p.m. William C. Maines, 23, of Thunder Road, was arrested on Mallett Drive by officer Jerod Verrill on an outstanding warrant from […]
Northern Meetings: June 20-26
Chebeague Island Thur. 6/20 7 p.m. ToCI Planning Board TH Falmouth Tues. 6/25 6:30 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals TH Freeport Wed. 6/26 6 p.m. Planning Board TH North Yarmouth Thur. 6/20 7:30 a.m. Planning Board Site Walk Deer Brook Apartments Thur. 6/20 6 p.m. Planning Board Site Walk Sligo Road Yarmouth Thur. 6/20 7 […]
Chebeague Island Police Beat: June 20
No arrests or summonses were reported from June 11-18.
Frustrated co-chairman quits Cumberland-North Yarmouth school board
CUMBERLAND — Citing ongoing frustration with the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors, co-Chairman Jeff Porter said Tuesday that he will resign from the panel effective July 1. The Crossing Brook Road resident called the board “dysfunctional” and said he will not serve the two years that remain in his three-year term. “I can […]
E. David Watson, 88: Longtime pharmacist and Red Sox fan
YARMOUTH — E. David Watson, 88, died Monday at the Maine Veterans’ Home, in Scarborough. He was born in Cumberland on Aug. 3, 1924, the son of Medley A. Watson Sr. and Caladora Edwards Watson. He attended Cumberland schools, graduating from Greely Institute in 1942. Watson served in the U.S. Navy as a pharmacist’s mate during […]
Cumberland Police Beat: June 20
Arrests No arrests were reported from June 6-13. Summonses 6/6 at 5:21 p.m. Brenda Mains, 47, of Old Elder Road, Gray, was issued a summons by Officer David Young on Gray Road on a charge of operating after suspension. 6/8 at 10:46 a.m. Jason Dennison, 35, of Brookside Drive, New Gloucester, was issued a summons […]
Falmouth Police Beat: June 20
Arrests 6/11 at 2:40 p.m. Timothy S. Markley Jr., 29, of Hartford Avenue, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Jeff Pardue on a charge of unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug. 6/12 at 1:37 a.m. Stone R. Taylor, 21, of Oak Crest Court, Marietta, Ga., was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Kurt Fegan […]