South Portland is closer to becoming the second community in the state to adopt wide-reaching restrictions governing the use of pesticides on public and private land.  At a workshop Monday, with the council chambers full, every councilor supported a draft ordinance, which Julie Rosenbach, sustainability coordinator for the city, called “bold but realistic” in a […]

South Portland is closer to becoming the second community in the state to adopt wide-reaching restrictions governing the use of pesticides on public and private land.  At a workshop Monday, with the council chambers full, every councilor supported a draft ordinance, which Julie Rosenbach, sustainability coordinator for the city, called “bold but realistic” in a […]

South Portland is closer to becoming the second community in the state to adopt wide-reaching restrictions governing the use of pesticides on public and private land.  At a workshop Monday, with the council chambers full, every councilor supported a draft ordinance, which Julie Rosenbach, sustainability coordinator for the city, called “bold but realistic” in a […]

JoJo Zeitlin, a junior at Cape Elizabeth High School, recently won the 2016 Congressional Art Competition for Maine’s 1st District for her black-and-white photograph, entitled “Brian,” which will be on display at the U.S. Capitol for a year starting in June. For the month of March her award-winning photo can be viewed at the Thomas […]

Both the Maine Democratic and Republican parties will hold presidential preference caucuses in various locations and times throughout the state this weekend. Both parties are expecting large turnouts, although the results of voting on Super Tuesday, March 1, in 10 states from Massachusetts to Texas, may change the field, particularly on the Republican side, if […]

Heather Casella, 25, of South Portland, was arrested Feb. 14 on Broadway on a charge of operating under the influence of alcohol. David Perkins, 38, of Scarborough, was arrested Feb. 15 on County Way on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and violating condition of release. Reginald Savage, 52, of Oxford, was summonsed […]

Marjorie DeSanctis, a Scarborough Democrat, has announced that she’ll challenge state Rep. Heather Sirocki, a Republican, for the District 28 seat in the Maine House of Representatives this fall. Sirocki will be seeking her fourth and final term in the House and said this week that she finds serving Scarborough in Augusta “rewarding and interesting […]

The Department of Theatre and the School of Music at the University of Southern Maine will present the Maine premiere of “Reefer Madness: The Musical,” which stars Eric Berry-Sandelin of South Portland, starting March 11. Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the […]

Paul Hunt, 33, of 367 Main St., Westbrook, was arrested Feb. 15 on Two Road Road on a charge of operating when suspended/revoked. David Perkins, 38, of 129 Sawyer Road, Scarborough, was arrested Feb. 15 on Sawyer Road on a warrant from another agency. Perry McCourtney, 52, of 4 Chamberlain Drive, Hallowell, was arrested Feb. […]