SCARBOROUGH — The final iteration of the fiscal year 2013 budget totals about $1.84 million less than the original March proposal. The Finance Committee and School Board have been slicing away at the budget for the past month, resulting in a new net budget – the amount that will have to be raised by taxes […]

SCARBOROUGH — Heavy metal thunder is coming to the Downs.  Waterfront Concerts, a Bangor-based production company, announced Tuesday that Scarborough Downs – specifically the harness racetrack’s parking lot – will host the summer rock festival Oxxfest on Friday, Aug. 10. The lineup of bands includes 5 Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Pop Evil, God […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A final decision won’t be made until May, but indications at a City Council workshop Monday were that the farmers market will operate this year on Hinckley Drive. Last year, farmers who participated in the market reported losing money, they believe, because the market was in Thomas Knight Park at the end of […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — It took almost as long for Town Council Chairwoman Sara Lennon to direct people to the Planning Board meeting Monday as it did for councilors to hear comments about the proposed $32.2 million combined fiscal 2013 budgets. The Planning Board meeting was in an adjacent conference room, while council chambers resounded with […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A New York man is under armed guard at Maine Medical Center in Portland as he recovers from injuries sustained when he allegedly jumped out of a second-story window in an effort to evade police.  Police said Anthony Calderon, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., jumped from a window at the Days Inn hotel […]

BRUNSWICK — School buildings aren’t being kept in good condition, the department’s director of facilities told the School Board Wednesday night. It was yet another round of sobering financial news as the board develops a budget to address a projected $3 million funding gap. The total value of the department’s facilities is $88 million, Facilities […]

HARPSWELL — The pier at Mitchell Field has become so weather-worn that it could collapse at any time, a team of engineers told residents during a presentation at the town office on Tuesday morning. The town is faced with a decision about how to address the problem. The only satisfying options come with hefty price […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — A traffic stop for a suspected fake inspection sticker resulted in two people being jailed on drug charges, police said Wednesday. Sheryl Wallace, 45, and Dennis Splude, 55, both transients, were arrested on Main Street Tuesday night after Officer Scott Corbett pulled over the vehicle driven by Wallace. Corbett believed Splude, who […]

Students at Holy Cross School in South Portland laugh as John Magnarelli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top regional school lunch official, compares his son’s size 18 basketball shoe to a student’s shoe before presenting the Bronze Award in USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge at the school on Tuesday, April 24.John Magnarelli, the U.S. Department of […]

BRUNSWICK — Regular customers of the Friendly’s restaurant on Old Bath Road were surprised to find the store closed earlier this week. “It’s kind of devastating,” said Audrey Bailey, who estimated that she had been going to Friendly’s for breakfast three or four times a month for the past 14 years. “I loved that place.” […]