Community - Portland Press Herald

Bowdoinham receives $750K for Merrymeeting Trail

Officials are planning to work on sections of the 26-mile trail between Bowdoinham and Richmond after an injection of federal funding.

Local farms and nonprofits are holding sales just in time for planting season.

Maine Forest Service officials say a fungus and a virus are combining to help drive down the browntail moth population in the state.

The General Dynamics shipyard will build a DDG-149 to fulfill a multiyear contract it received in 2023.

The council made steep cuts to the municipal budget to offset increases in the county and school budgets.

Several residents also spoke in favor of the ordinance at a public hearing Tuesday. The City Council is expected to vote on it later this month.

The South Portland City Council voted unanimously to send the $76.2 million budget to voters.

The trail mileage of the nearly 48-acre parcel more than doubled.

Scott LaFlamme announced he will be leaving his position to become the executive director of the Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority.

Marlene McNeill, 40, was fatally stabbed Monday at a Shalom House group home. The suspect in her death made his first court appearance Wednesday.