CUMBERLAND — After discovering the names and Social Security numbers of nearly 300 employees were displayed on its public website, the town is taking measures to ensure against a future security lapse. Town Manager Bill Shane told the town’s employees in a Jan. 10 letter that a 2008 document revealing the names and Social Security […]
2013
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Mass. nanny held on $500K bail in child’s death
Authorities say the 34-year-old nanny was caring for the baby alone the day she was hospitalized. The child was declared brain dead two days later.
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Stomp returns to Portland in May
Tickets will go on sale Friday, according to show promoter Portland Ovations.
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Freeport Town Council turnover continues with Arno resignation
FREEPORT — Freshmen town councilors will outnumber veterans after Councilor Kate Arno announced her resignation last week. Arno will attend her final meeting Tuesday. She is taking a job at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Washington, D.C. “This was an unexpected job opportunity; I didn’t see it on the horizon at all,” Arno said. […]
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Patriots’ Derrick Martin victim of home-invasion robbery
Police say robbers forced their way into Martin’s home Sunday night when there was at least one adult and several children there.
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Kennebunk prostitution jury pool quizzed in secret
The Press Herald files an objection with the court, saying the judge’s decision violates the First and Sixth Amendments.
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PHOTO: Cold on Congress Street
Portland visitors Jodie and Arthur Roeca, from Honolulu Hawaii, head to Reny’s on Congress st. to buy a hat and other warm clothes as they and many Portlanders brave the cold Tuesday, January 22,2013.
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Downhill racers in Portland
Six-year-old Chae-Hee, whose family is originally from Korea, and her friend, 7-year-old Emma Murphy, enjoy a ride down the hill at Payson Park in Portland on Saturday, Jan. 19, during the ninth WinterKids Welcome to Winter Festival. The annual event is aimed at immigrant and refugee families who may be new to Maine and the […]
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Task force to join school renovation discussion in Portland
PORTLAND — The School Board has established a task force to assist in the planning of elementary school improvements. In November, the School Department hired Oak Point Associates, a Biddeford-based engineering firm, to create preliminary site plans, construction schedules and estimate costs for replacing Hall Elementary School and renovating Presumpscot, Lyseth, Reiche and Longfellow elementary schools. […]
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Portland fire chief's priorities: Costs, fireboat, EMS
PORTLAND — “It’s been a really busy two weeks,” the city’s new fire chief, Jeroma LaMoria, said late Friday afternoon. Busy indeed. Since being sworn in as chief Jan. 3, LaMoria has been the point man for two high-profile news stories involving the Fire Department. On Jan. 8, an arbitrator reduced the suspensions of two firefighters […]