Arrests No arrests were reported from Nov. 22-28. Summonses 11/23 at 2:51 a.m. Edward Hellier, 19, of South Portland, was issued a summons on Shore Road by Officer Eric Vanasse on a charge of illegal possession of alcohol by a minor. Fire calls 11/24 at 3:31 p.m. Fire alarm on Zeb Cove Road. 11/25 at […]
December 2016
Southern School Notebook: Dec. 2
Holy Cross students have collective holiday spirit Boxes, bags and baskets of food were placed in the front of Holy Cross Church on Nov. 22, the culmination of a three-week food drive conducted by the students of Holy Cross School in South Portland. The items had been collected in the classrooms of the school […]
Freeport-Pownal-Durham board weighs medical marijuana rules
FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors on Wednesday was scheduled to discuss a policy governing student use of medical marijuana. The policy, which was scheduled for a first reading, details how marijuana can be administered to students. It was created for students with medical conditions who “may be unable to effectively function […]
Harpswell volunteers help the ‘vulnerable, disconnected’
HARPSWELL — Dianna Haller wants her life to end the way it started: on Orr’s Island. Her mother’s side of the family landed on Orr’s Island in 1758, “but my father’s side were latecomers – they came over in the mid-1800s,” she said in an interview Monday, recalling also her grandmother’s corner store on Route 24, […]