Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Committee high-priority top 10: Rebuild Veterans Memorial Bridge, $30 million Buy buses, vans, ferryboat, $22.5 million Phase II Gorham bypass, $35 million Add two I-295 travel lanes exit 5-7, $30 million I-295 improvements at Falmouth-Freeport, $50 million Philbrook Road, South Portland, improvements, $10 million Passenger rail service Portland-Brunswick, $100 million New […]

Residents of Larrabee Village in Westbrook didn’t let a snow storm slow them down last week, as they boarded a bus and headed to Augusta to tell legislators why they can’t afford to lose their independence. A proposed state budget cut of $700,000 that supports independent living pilot projects for low-income, frail elderly in subsidized […]

Margaret Oliver, who had never attended a Democratic caucus before Sunday, supports Hillary Clinton for president because “I admire her backbone.” A registered Democrat, Oliver, 62, of Gorham, was among some 400 people – up from 140 in 2004 – attending the caucus Sunday at Gorham High School. “This is my first time that I’ve […]

Central Maine Power company reported 61,274 customers without electricity statewide at 7 p.m. Wednesday. At 5 p.m., the Portland service area had 4.500; Alfred service area, 5,360; and 106 in the Bridgton area. Gail Rice, a spokeswoman for the utility, said tree limbs on wires caused the outages. ‘We’ve got all available crews working on […]

City Council President Brendan Rielly has a couple of ideas about how to improve government in Westbrook – remove the mayor’s control of City Council meeting agendas and power to veto City Council decisions. “I would like to remove the veto,” he said. “I don’t like it.” The suggestions from Rielly came Monday night at […]