Prosecutors say the sweatshirt is among many pieces of evidence that tie Kyle Dube to the death 15-year-old Nichole Cable.
February 2015
Portsmouth, N.H., superintendent named to lead RSU 5
Edward R. McDonough, superintendent of the Portsmouth School Department in New Hampshire for the past six years, will return to Maine as superintendent of Regional School Unit 5, which includes Freeport, Durham and Pownal. By unanimous vote at a board meeting Wednesday night, the RSU 5 Board of Directors confirmed McDonough as the new superintendent. […]
Mortar shells land by Somalia’s presidential palace
Al-Shabab, an Islamic extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Cape Elizabeth school budget could rise 2.6%
CAPE ELIZABETH — The school superintendent’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 includes an increase of just over $600,000, or 2.6 percent. Superintendent Meredith Nadeau on Wednesday presented a projected total budget of more than $23.8 million to the School Board. She said the budget will have an impact on taxpayers of a 1.5 percent property-tax […]
South Portland weighs ways to keep Thornton Heights corner green
SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors and citizens took the first steps Monday night toward deciding what to do with the 2.3-acre parcel of city land at the corner of Main and Westbrook Streets. Most options they discussed, including creation of a conservation easement, would eventually preserve the property as open space. The grassy area became the […]
Photos: Portland snow removal then and now
Portland crews are moving around the city to deal with accumulated snow as they have always done. Except now they do it a little faster.
Cape Elizabeth's new keeper of the cane
Cape Elizabeth resident Seth White was presented the Boston Post Cane on Feb. 26, his 102nd birthday. The cane has been passed down to the oldest resident in town since 1909; White being the 22nd recipient. The award was previously held by George Baker, who died Jan. 23 at 102. The holder of the cane […]
Maine DOT eyes Brunswick-Topsham bridge improvements
TOPSHAM — Depending on availability of funding, improvements to the Frank J. Wood Bridge could go out to bid in 2018. The Maine Department of Transportation on Wednesday hosted a preliminary public meeting – which filled a community room at the Topsham Public Library – to discuss future work on the bridge, which spans the Androscoggin River […]
More winter weather for the Deep South
A foot of snow has fallen in parts of Alabama and a wintery mix is falling as far north as DC.
Police investigating cause, sequence of events in I-95 pileup
Six people who were hurt in Wednesday’s pileup spent a night in the hospital as police continued to interview those involved in the 75-vehicle crash.