A video taken by a Kazan airport security camera appears to show the moment that a plane crashed on Sunday killing all 50 people on board.
May 2014
Anti-Abortion Protesters Outside Planned Parenthood
The abortion debate plays out on Congress Street, Portland, where protesters confront clients outside Planned Parenthood on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. The city council will soon vote whether to ban protesters from within 39 feet of the clinic.
Thornton Heights rezoning rejected
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council failed to approve a controversial zone change for the Thornton Heights neighborhood Monday. A zone change requires a super majority of five affirmative votes, and the proposed Thornton Heights Commercial Zone failed on a vote of 4-3, with councilors Tom Blake, Michael Pock and Patti Smith opposed. […]
Thornton Heights rezoning rejected
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council failed to approve a controversial zone change for the Thornton Heights neighborhood Monday. A zone change requires a super majority of five affirmative votes, and the proposed Thornton Heights Commercial Zone failed on a vote of 4-3, with councilors Tom Blake, Michael Pock and Patti Smith opposed. […]
IF YOU GO
• LA MONTAGNOLA OLIVE ESTATE AND VILLAS: www.lamontagnola.it Villas and apartments on this working olive estate are available for rent on a weekly basis, and occasionally for shorter stays. In the low season, November-April, prices range from $414 a week for a one-bedroom apartment to $1,518 for a three-bedroom villa. • ARNALDO CAPRAI VINEYARDS: www.arnaldocaprai.it […]
Agencies conduct disaster training
SCARBOROUGH – Dozens of volunteers from around Maine gathered at Scarborough High School Saturday to practice for a big “What-if?” What if a large-scale natural disaster hit the region, causing a mass evacuation of hundreds of people? Given the downpours and flooding that hit the region Saturday, it wasn’t hard to imagine. The Cumberland County […]
California woman found 10 years after disappearance; alleged captor arrested
Police say Isidro Garcia used physical and emotional abuse to prevent the girl from escaping.
City panel to focus on arts, preservation
SOUTH PORTLAND – South Portland is on the verge of creating a new arts and historic preservation group, something advocates of documenting and preserving the city’s architectural history have long called for. Even before the entire city landed on a list of places at risk this past fall, efforts were under way in South Portland […]
Second try on tap for school budget
SCARBOROUGH – After Scarborough voters narrowly rejected the proposed school budget on May 13, the budget is set for a second round of discussion this week. Officials have whittled the school spending package by $138,000 to $43.4 million, which would lead to a 3.25 percent increase in taxes overall, or a tax rate increase of […]