South Portland News

They were stuffing trucks Saturday for the Good Shepherd Food Bank. The trucks were loaded at the Maine Mall in South Portland.

The South Portland City Council appointed Jerald McQueeney to the District 3 School Board seat on Monday night.

SOUTH PORTLAND a ' A trip to Vermont by two city councilors seems to have swayed their support for a wood-fueled power plant near Rigby Yard.

Fort Carson paid somber tribute Wednesday to 15 of its soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month, the worst single month for combat deaths the post has endured since the Vietnam War.

The Maine Turnpike Authority plans to close the northbound on-ramp from the Falmouth spur at Exit 52 for a year during reconstruction of a bridge that spans the Presumscot River.Bob Driscoll, of project designer HNTB Corp.

Superintendent's Notebook: Budget season begins early for Portland schools Published: Nov 16, 2009 12:00 pm - By James C. Morse Sr.

The recession is changing the face of the Maine Mall, the state's major shopping mecca.

South Portland Cape Elizabeth NextSentry: Worth the wait: Promise of free dental treatment draws hundreds to area clinics Promise of free dental treatment draws hundreds to area clinics : "A lot of people a oeopened widea in southern Maine last Friday.

Lee Humiston, center, speaks with Maj. Gen. John Libby, left, World War II veteran Arthur Mills and Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war Charlie Crafts, far right, in South Portland on Tuesday night.

Police are asking for help identifying this man, seen in a surveillance video, who allegedly robbed the Gorham Savings Bank in South Portland on Monday afternoon.

Ballots were hand-counted at City Hall in South Portland. SOUTH PORTLAND a ' A recount of the Nov.

Here's a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing anti-government crowd directly, the government-haters lose.

Loren Coleman on November 2nd, 2009 People did come. What a day! What a success! Yesterday, after getting up at some incredibly post-setting-the-clocks-back time, I went downtown to finish the placing of the diorama in the front window of the International Cryptozoology Museum.

Published: Nov 05, 2009 6:10 am - By Randy Billings SOUTH PORTLAND a ' The City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a two-year contract with firefighters, who will not receive across-the-board raises, but gained a no-layoff clause.

10/29 at 10:26 p.m. Pressley Neil, 41, was arrested on a warrant on Anthoine Street by Officer Jeffrey Pooler.

Supporters of a gay marriage law rejected by voters took heart Wednesday in the 47 percent they received in a referendum that drew a turnout close to what's seen in a presidential election year.

Its smack dab in the middle of four of the busiest roads in South Portland, and for years parents say students at Brown Elementary School have taken their lives in their hands going to and from school.

Pet owners in South Portland can continue taking their dogs to a local beach after voters rejected a proposal that would have banned dogs there for much of the year.

Saturday was Howl-o-ween for dogs and their owners at Willard Beach in South Portland.

More than one hundred No On One volunteers gathered in a basement on Commercial Street Saturday morning to prepare for a long day.