News in South Portland

Letter: Pick up those campaign signs

Maine law requires that political campaign signs located on public rights-of-way be removed no later than one week after the election. It has been almost two months since voting day. Most of the campaign signs were removed within a few days of the election, but some of them stuck around fo...

Opinion •

Monday, December 31, 2012

'We finally feel equal': Maine's first married gay couple ties the knot at Portland City Hall

PORTLAND — The first gay couple to be married in the state of Maine took their vows in a short ceremony in the city clerk’s office at approximately 12:25 a.m. Saturday. “We finally feel equal and happy to live in Maine,” said Steven Bridges, who married Michael Snel...

Abigail Curtis and Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •

Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 11:00 am

Iconic career comes to a close for Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Her decision to wear purple was not by design. She wasn't trying to make a political fashion statement. It just worked out that way, she said. "No, you're talking about being a purple state or something," U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said on the day of her far...

Scott Thistle, Sun Journal • News •

Friday, December 28, 2012 at 11:20 am

Albert F. Baldi, 80: Loved to volunteer

SOUTH PORTLAND — Albert F. Baldi, 80, of South Portland and formerly of Peaks Island, died Dec. 22 at his home, after a long illness. He was the husband of Judith (Kirk) Baldi. He was born in Chicago on Feb. 26, 1932, the son of the late Albert and Mary (Panozo) Baldi. He graduated f...

Obituaries •

Friday, December 28, 2012

Plan to restore Trout Brook almost ready

SOUTH PORTLAND — If all goes according to plan, there will be more bugs in the system. The Trout Brook ecosystem, that is. As he assessed conditions on the waterway that flows through the center of the city, South Portland Stormwater Program Coordinator Fred Dillon told city c...

David Harry • News •

Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 10:40 am

Tablet computers open 'new world' for special-needs students in Scarborough, South Portland

SCARBOROUGH — Morrison Center teacher Paul Agnew circled the room, extending an iPad so his students could dress a snowman. Behind him, the image appeared on a screen as it went from naked white to fully clothed with a carrot nose. Sitting in front of him, students Mindy Bisson, Cass...

David Harry • News •

Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 9:30 am

South Portland Police Beat: Dec. 28

Arrests 12/15 at 8:56 a.m. Bette J. Reilly, 33, of South Portland, was arrested on Alder Street by Officer Michael Armstrong on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking. 12/15 at 8:27 p.m. Amber M. Wright, 31, of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested on...

Police Beat •

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Update: South Portland robbery leads to charges against 4 people

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David Harry • News •

Thursday, December 27, 2012

'Gypsy' no more: Mad Horse Theatre finds a home in South Portland's Ferry Village

SOUTH PORTLAND — As the curtain rises on a new year, it is also coming up on the new stage for Mad Horse Theatre Company in Ferry Village. After a small hiccup when the company discovered it was not legally allowed to stage public productions at its home in the former Hutchins School...

David Harry • News •

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Christmas fire destroys South Portland home

A Christmas night fire that destroyed a home at 15 Bodge St. was accidental and not of suspicious origin, Lt. Robb Couture of the South Portland Fire Department said Wednesday. Firefighters were called to the home owned by Amy Maddox around 7:50 p.m. Tuesday night. Couture said firefighters saw f...

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 1:20 pm