PORTLAND — A 54-year-old Portland man was killed Wednesday night when he was struck by an outbound freight train off Forest Avenue near Woodfords Street and Walton Street. The victim, Richard Cobb, was seen by the engineer walking down the tracks toward the train “in a head-on like manner,” Portland Police Lt. James Sweatt said […]

PORTLAND — Police on Friday alerted the public about a man released on bail after being charged with the threatening display of a weapon. Assistant Chief Vern Malloch said Carlos Reed, 27, of 49 Falmouth St., No. 1B, was arrested Oct. 4 in Lebanon after Portland police found him the week before carrying a laser-sighted […]

PORTLAND — Six candidates are vying for two at-large seats on the School Board. Members Kate Snyder and Jaimey Caron are stepping down after spending six years each on the board. Caron and Snyder were elected for the first time in 2007. Both have chaired the panel. Both are also parents of school-aged children. The […]

PORTLAND — A proposed “buffer zone” banning protesters near a Planned Parenthood clinic that performs abortions is a step closer to being approved, after a City Council committee last week recommended it to the full council. The Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee voted 4-0 on Oct. 8 to refer the proposed ordinance for […]

PORTLAND — A group of residents has launched a campaign opposing the wave of large-scale commercial development projects across the city. The group, Keep Portland Livable, is taking aim first at the proposed Midtown project in the Bayside neighborhood. The Midtown project includes four 15-story towers with 675 market-rate apartments on 3.25 acres of former […]

PORTLAND — You don’t need a home to vote. That was the message at a candidates forum held Oct. 11 by Homeless Voices for Justice, the advocacy campaign affiliated with Preble Street Resource Center. Four of the seven candidates for City Council participated to answer questions from about two dozen people, including individuals who described […]

PORTLAND — Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether the city will join a growing number of states and municipalities that have legalized marijuana. A citizen-initiated referendum will determine if the city allows adults over age 21 to use pot for recreation and to possess up to 2.5 ounces of the drug. That’s about enough to […]

PORTLAND — A three-year project that earned two local Girl Scouts high honors came to a close Monday, with the unveiling of one last tombstone at Grand Trunk Cemetery. The girls, however, are now women. Samantha Allshouse, now 21, stood at a podium Monday to thank a small group of attendees at Grand Trunk Cemetery […]

PORTLAND — Just beyond the entrance to the new Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland ReStore lies a hulking seven-foot service counter that was cobbled together from discarded antique doors, ornate trim and scraps of mahogany. “We wanted this to be exemplary of what we do here,” employee and carpenter Andrew Smith said. Smith and […]