SCARBOROUGH — Efforts to repeal a new wide-ranging leash law began Thursday morning, about 12 hours after councilors approved the restrictions by a 5-2 vote. The amendments to the animal control ordinance expanded proposed changes limiting the dates dogs could be off-leash on town beaches to require dogs be kept on leashes year round on all […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors and School Board members this week decided Nov. 20 will be a critical date in setting the course for the fiscal year 2015 school budget, even though information at that time will at best be preliminary. The elected bodies met Monday night in a City Hall workshop lasting about 90 […]

SCARBOROUGH — Citing a desire for more family time and the demands of a park ranger job in Rangeley, Town Council Chairman Ron Ahlquist has decided not to seek re-election. Ahlquist announced his withdrawal from the race at the end of the Sept. 18 Town Council meeting, just before banging the gavel to end the […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council on Monday will formerly acknowledge the Conservation Commission’s final draft of the 2013 Greenbelt Plan, a prospectus for the trail network that is popular with joggers and cyclists, while raising the ire of some landowners and farmers. The council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The sign at 729 Broadway hopes to strike up popular support. “HONK,” it urges drivers, “If You Like Bowling.” Soon, Chris Tyll expects the message to be replaced by the rumble of balls and the clatter of falling pins. Tyll, a Cumberland resident and owner of Pat’s Pizza in Portland’s Old Port, […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — City police on Wednesday said burglaries have almost doubled since July 1, compared to last year. Almost a quarter of the burglaries occurred in the Redbank neighborhood. Lt. Frank Clark, who heads the Police Department’s Community Policing Unit, said there have been 46 burglaries reported in the last three months, a 92 […]