NORTH YARMOUTH — The town is looking for six people to review its charter for what is believed to be the first time in the document’s 30-year history. Nomination papers will be available Monday, March 19, for six seats on the Charter Commission, which residents established last November. Selectman Rob Wood noted at the time […]

AUGUSTA — The state is suing a Portland home-repair contractor who allegedly cheated clients out of their money, Attorney General William Schneider announced Monday. A complaint filed by Schneider’s office on March 8 against Daniel Tucci, advertised as “Dan the Handyman,” accused the contractor of failing to complete jobs as promised and threatening or bullying […]

PORTLAND — Officials are considering a new storm water run-off fee that they say will more equally spread the burden of a $170 million sewer system improvement project. They also say that future costs associated with sewerage will increase for all property owners, whether the fee is implemented or not. Citizens and members of the […]

PORTLAND — Longtime customers of Two Fat Cats are noticing some cosmetic changes at the India Street bakery. The former salmon-colored walls are now a bright lime green, and the floor has a new non-stick coating and paint job. But the biggest change wasn’t in the decor, or even in the recipes for the bakery’s famous […]

YARMOUTH — A John Howland Drive resident is scheduled to go on trial in July on a charge of gross sexual assault of a girl under the age of 14. Ronald G. Thurston III was indicted on the Class A charge March 8 by a Cumberland County grand jury. An indictment is a determination that […]

PORTLAND – When Portland High School students had the opportunity to meet and talk to a high-profile Egyptian human rights activist on Friday, they had a simple topic to discuss. “Just … how to change the world,” said Wael Nawara, an author involved in the 2011 protests that took down President Hosni Mubarak’s long-standing regime. […]

FALMOUTH — The state’s only Quaker school has received accreditation and, in the process, was recognized for creating “a culture of joyful learning.” Friends School of Portland, an independent day school for preschool through eighth grade on Mackworth Island, recently received accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The accreditation comes on […]

PORTLAND — Organizers hope a flea market opening next month will become a mecca for bargain-hunters, vintage enthusiasts and art collectors alike. Tapping into the city’s still-growing creative community and buy-local philosophy, the organizers of the Portland Flea-For-All hope to create a meeting place for arts enthusiasts the way the Public Market House has for […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System has released a wish-list of projects costing $851 million that could transform the greater Portland area by 2022. John Duncan, PACTS director, said the 22 investments detailed in the list have “the power to maintain and transform” the area’s transportation system. They range from bridge repair to […]

PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an internal review of operations after a maximum-security inmate crawled into the cell of a female prisoner for a sexual tryst. Sheriff Kevin Joyce said during a press conference Monday that Arien L’Italien, 23, of Biddeford, was spotted early Saturday morning by a corrections officer as […]