FREEPORT — The items auctioned this year to support the Port Teen Center may not lead to prettier sitting, but they could make for colorful paddling. For three years, students, parents and community members have hand-painted donated chairs then sold to the highest bidder as part of the Sitting Pretty annual auction held at the […]

CUMBERLAND — The deadline to submit names for engraving on a veterans monument at Moss Side Cemetery is just around the corner. The three-stone monument, to be dedicated this Memorial Day, recognizes “all Cumberland residents who have served our country in times of war and peace.” The black granite stones will be inscribed with names of […]

PORTLAND — The process of hammering out a 2013 school budget began in earnest Tuesday night as Superintendent James Morse presented a proposed budget of nearly $95 million, up 3.71 percent from 2012, to the school board at Casco Bay High School. The board accepted Morse’s proposal, sending the preliminary budget figures to their finance […]

PORTLAND — Motorists in Portland should prepare for some delays this summer as the Maine Department of Transportation continues its bridge rehabilitation project along I-295. On Tuesday the department unveiled its plans for a $7.9 million dollar bridge rehabilitation projects spanning several miles of I-295 scheduled to start in April. The plan, which came in just […]

PORTLAND — Portland will host the 2013 New England Foundation for the Arts‘ Creative Communities Exchange, organizers announced Monday. The Creative Communities Exchange conference is held every two years in different cities throughout the northeast to bring together cultural leaders to discuss the growth of creative industries. The conference will feature workshops on downtown revitalization, […]

YARMOUTH —A local photographer has announced he is focusing his sights on the Maine House of Representatives seat now held by Melissa Walsh Innes. Dennis Welsh, who specializes in commercial photography for catalogs and advertisements, said he is entering the race for House District 107 because Innes will not seek re-election. Welsh has not yet […]

PORTLAND — City officials announced Tuesday that Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Smith will serve as acting chief when Frederick LaMontagne retires from the department’s top position on April 1. Smith, who began working with the department in 1975, will lead the city’s fire and emergency response teams while City Manager Mark Rees completes a search […]

PORTLAND — Mark Swann will know by Monday, March 12, if he will be honored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for his work in 21 years at the helm of Preble Street. Nominated by U.S. representative Chellie Pingree for a prestigious national award called Citizen Service Before Self, Swann probably couldn’t have imagined […]

The Feb. 23 story “Bond amount not set for new Yarmouth Public Works facility” should have said town councilors agreed without a vote to continue discussions on the new facility when a final cost estimate becomes available.

Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck addresses the crowd after being sworn into the position at City Hall Monday afternoon. Sauschuck will be “a great chief for a great city,” said Mayor Michael Brennan. City Manager Mark Rees, who made the decision to hire Sauschuck after a nationwide search, and City Clerk Katherine Jones sit behind […]