Local & State
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Portland voters defeat proposed ordinance to preserve scenic views
The lopsided vote rejects an initiative that would have made it significantly harder for developers to build projects that blocked the views of property owners.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Rose, Cohen and Reynolds take seats in South Portland races
Voter turnout was 22.7 percent, with 4,290 of 18,874 registered voters casting ballots.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Alan Casavant wins third term as Biddeford mayor
The incumbent received more than 63 percent of the votes cast Tuesday in Biddeford.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Portland businesses cheer voters’ rejection of $15 minimum wage
The proposal to make Portland's minimum wage twice as much as the state minimum met resistance from the business community and got just 42 percent of the vote.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Brennan unseated by Strimling after one term as Portland mayor
Ethan Strimling, who lost the 2011 mayoral race to Michael Brennan, wins a three-way race by nearly 2,300 votes and gets the majority vote needed to avoid an instant runoff.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
El Faro’s bridge – and ‘black box’ – separated from wreckage during sinking
Despite the setback, the NTSB says it will keep searching for the navigation bridge and the voyage data recorder, which would help investigators determine why the ship sank.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Defense bill compromise cuts $150 million from destroyer sought by Maine delegation
But the bill still contains $250 million for an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that members of Congress from Maine say should be awarded to Bath Iron Works.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Oil removed from grounded fishing boat in Rockland
The Rockland Gulf has been stuck inside the breakwater since it broke free of its mooring Sunday and ran aground in a muddy area.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Casco barn fire spreads to home before being controlled
There are no reports of injuries in the blaze on State Park Road.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Stabbing victim found at Franklin Towers is released from hospital
Portland police are still looking for the person who stabbed him Monday night.
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