Southern Maine sees building boom as cities bust out permits

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Published
September 23, 2018

Southern Maine sees building boom as cities bust out permits

Portland’s tight residential and commercial markets are pushing eager investors to neighboring communities, with one city approving three permits a day.
Published
September 3, 2018

Sanford police seek leads after vandals spray paint home

A white house on Nottingham Drive was vandalized sometime overnight from Sept. 1 to 2, according to police.
Published
August 27, 2018

Commerce official to keynote annual meeting of Maine manufacturer advisory group

Carroll Thomas, who strives to increase competitiveness, will speak Oct. 5 at the annual meeting of the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
Published
August 26, 2018

Crew chief with famed Tuskegee Airmen to be buried

James Sheppard Jr., a former resident of Westbrook and South Portland who died Aug. 19, was a member of the military’s first black aviation unit.
Published
August 23, 2018

EPA ready to demolish part of Sanford mill building, a year after massive fire

The Environmental Protection Agency has a plan to remove all hazardous material from the site, and a developer has expressed an interest in redeveloping the front tower.
Published
August 21, 2018

Man killed in New Hampshire police shootout had fled Maine traffic stop in June

Douglas Heath, who was killed by police Monday in Rochester, N.H., led Maine police on a brief chase from Sanford to Lebanon following an attempted traffic stop this past spring.
Published
August 20, 2018

Small businesses in southern Maine getting grants to save energy, grow

Nearly $530,000 from two federal programs will be allocated to the six companies.
Published
August 16, 2018

Charges dismissed against Maine man driving boat that killed his twin brother

Jeffrey Beattie died in May 2016 when he fell off the bow of a boat being driven by Jonathan Beattie on Mousam Lake in Shapleigh.
Published
August 6, 2018

South Portland firefighter killed in crash in Hollis fell asleep at wheel, state police conclude

Lt. Harry Weymouth had completed a 24-hour shift the day before the head-on collision and had worked a ‘mini-shift’ at a Sanford hospital not long before it.
Published
August 6, 2018

Man accused of scaring Wells woman to death in burglary attempt pleads guilty to manslaughter

Carlton L. Young, called a ‘coward and a punk’ by the victim’s husband, admits to manslaughter and is sentenced to 10 years in prison, avoiding a trial on a count of felony murder.