Avesta Housing’s Village Commons reimagines Scarborough’s Firehouse Village, offering energy-efficient affordable housing for adults 55 and above, with completion expected by late 2023 or early 2024.
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Posted inNation & World, News
UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities
The revised text was negotiated during a week and a half of high-level diplomacy by the United States, and the United Arab Emirates on behalf of Arab nations and others.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Pair of gold Jordans made for Spike Lee found in donation bin raises $50,000 at auction
The Nike Air Jordan 3 sneakers were placed in a donation chute at an Oregon homeless shelter in April and landed in a bin in the building’s basement.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Police footage details unsuccessful check-in on Lewiston shooter
A pair of videos obtained by the Press Herald this week show that a Sagadahoc deputy and Robert Card’s Army Reserve commander were concerned that confronting him could escalate a potentially dangerous and put police officers’ lives at risk.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Man arrested in Scarborough for drug trafficking sentenced to 13 years in prison
A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl stemming from an arrest made at the Walmart in Scarborough. Eddy AZCONA, 27, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced on Dec. 15 in United States District Court in Portland and will serve his time in federal prison. AZCONA […]
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
In the Know: Scarborough Police Department year in review
As we approach the end of 2023, I would like to highlight the top initiatives of our department over the last year. These initiatives included hiring new personnel to fill our ranks in the patrol division and dispatch, the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program and the purchase of a core public safety software suite. […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Jordan’s Farm secures USDA value-added producer grant
The $250,000 grant will propel growth, community ties and sustainability.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
How ‘true heroes’ tried to stop a killer at a Lewiston bowling alley
Two women who survived the Oct. 25 mass shooting tell the story of how their partners fell victim trying to save others.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Disagreement greets Cape Elizabeth City Council’s affordable housing zoning changes
The council’s decision to amend affordable housing zoning faced scrutiny.
