SCARBOROUGH — An active Facebook presence helped resolve two police investigations this week. Police reported Samuel Pecor, 17, who was reported missing since last Friday evening, was found safe Wednesday. Police gave no details about where he was found or the circumstances about his disappearance, but thanked its Facebook page followers for tips and information […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A block closure, playground equipment and a new communications tower comprised most of the city council actions at Monday’s meeting. With Councilor Tom Coward serving as acting mayor because of Mayor Patti Smith’s absence, the council kept a unanimous front all evening. Councilors passed an order allowing the closure of a portion […]

SCARBOROUGH — Generating $50,000 additional revenue in any school budget is a challenge. Scarborough High School seniors Katie Elliott and Jack Sullivan are leading efforts to make it a bigger challenge as they seek to block a plan to charge students $100 to park at school this year. “It’s not fair to put the fees […]

SCARBOROUGH — After more than two hours of discussion in a four-hour meeting Monday night, Planning Board Chairman Allen Paul had three questions for developers of a proposed assisted living center in Oak Hill.  “Do you feel the groundwater pre-project versus the groundwater post-project will be improved?” Paul asked project engineer Andrew Johnston of SMRT, […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — As the fate of more than half of Crescent Beach State Park hangs in the balance, the state employees’ union has launched an online petition in an effort to prevent the park’s privatization and urge the state to renew the lease. The current lease on the park does not expire until April, […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The debate over how to manage short-term rental properties continued Monday night at the Town Council workshop, with additions to a draft ordinance that included a more rigorous permitting process. About 10 of the more than two dozen residents in attendance offered a range of opinions from defining short-term rentals as businesses […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A Portland resident who spent 25 years with the South Portland Police Department wants an apology and better working conditions for her former colleagues after her termination in early June. Mary Lou Bagley, 65, was let go June 4 on the grounds of insubordination, according to the termination letter written by South […]