SCARBOROUGH — High school student Francesca Sustis is hosting an American Red Cross Leaders Save Lives blood drive Wednesday, Jan. 3, from noon-6 p.m. at Scarborough High School.  The Leaders Save Lives program encourages community-minded high school and college students to host blood drives. Sustis volunteered at the Red Cross blood donation center in Portland last […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors Wednesday night decided they need more discussion on a proposal to restrict short-term housing rentals. They also reached a consensus on moving their regularly scheduled meetings to Tuesdays. The workshop on short-term rentals is slated for Jan. 24. “This is a hot, very hot item,” Councilor Maxine Beecher said. She at […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Access to Willard Beach from Deake Street is likely to be restricted while ideas for improvements are prepared for the City Council. But only short-term corrections are likely, the city manager said, because more substantial work is considered too costly. Concerns about an aging concrete ramp and stairs that access Willard Beach […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — New restaurants and a hotel have opened their doors in the city’s west end, a trend likely to continue, according to city officials. Joshua Reny, assistant city manager and economic development director, said generally there has been substantial investment in the city in recent years, concentrated in the Maine Mall area, and […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Sam Rideout played the role of Santa Claus this year by delivering gifts to children who are less fortunate than he is. Not bad for a third-grader at Waldo T. Skillin Elementary School. For the second year in a row, the 9-year-old known around South Portland as “Sam the Bottle Man” held […]