South Portland News

A bid by Gov. Paul LePage to lift a 10-school cap on charter schools and route some taxpayer funding to religious schools failed Tuesday night in the Senate by a vote of 29-6.

Victory for the environmentalists may be near in one of the more overlooked battles in the war against Canadian tar sands oil.

WELCOME BACK I'M TRACY SABOL. SUMMER IS ALMOST OFFICIALLY HERE, AND THAT MEANS MAINE IS APPROACHING IT'S PEAK SEASON FOR TICKS.

A national bus tour rallying to reduce gun violence stopped in Augusta on Monday.

A citizens group opposed to the prospect of so-called tar-sands oil being pumped through South Portland has collected 3,779 signatures to place an ordinance on the ballot that would ban oil importation within city limits.

Melanie Renell and Jackie Allen trudged through the scrub and thin pine forest, wearing shin-high boots and extra-long winter socks and waving blanket-sized flags made out of broomsticks and corduroy fabric.

Vincent Maietta, 55, of 199 Elderberry Way, and his younger brother, Robert Maietta, 48, of 56 Winding Way, were each indicted on one Class C count of perjury June 7 by a Cumberland County grand jury.

Residents at the annual town meeting Wednesday voted to rescind a resolution stating Bethel's opposition to allowing tar sands oil to be transported through town via pipeline.

Councilors on Monday decided against advancing revisions to Chapters 14 and 18 of the City Code that would have allowed temporary permits for beer and wine sales at city parks and beaches.

Almost 40 people ranging from middle schoolers to teachers and parents criticized the 3-3 first vote that blocked spending $785,000 as part of the Maine Technology Learning Initiative.

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South Portland luthier Joel Eckhaus gets ready to carve a brace for a canoe paddle-shaped ukulele he calls a "paddlelele."

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE POUNDED THE PAVEMENT THIS EVENING IN SOUTH PORTLAND TO HELP STOMP OUT CANCER...IN THE ANNUAL TWILIGHT 5-K ROAD RACE... A RACE TO BENEFIT THE MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION.

Last month, the Portland City Council's Housing and Community Development Committee voted 3-1 to enter into closed-door negotiations with the hotel development company vying to buy Congress Square Park.

Two South Portland men are facing burglary and theft charges after a Limington resident caught them burglarizing his home Wednesday, police said.

Voters approved a resolution expressing their concern and opposition to any form of processed tar sands being piped through the town of Harrison on a 156 to 59 vote, during the annual town election Tuesday.

S. PORTLAND, Maine -- -- More than 1.6 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year alone, according the American Cancer Society.

People's United Methodist Church, Union, dedicated a fully-enclosed lift between the two levels of the building on Sunday, June 9, during the morning worship service.

Portland police are searching for a missing fisherman who last was seen at 4:30 a.m. Monday on Custom House Wharf.

While saying they were unhappy about eight years of construction work on Craig Patterson's Wythburn Road home, City Councilors on Monday decided to wait until at least July 1 before deciding if it is a public nuisance.