On Friday, October 17, 2025, at approximately 9:00 pm., a Trooper initiated a traffic stop on Skyway Drive in Portland for a defective taillight.  The driver and registered owner of the vehicle was identified as Abdullah Ahmed Mohamud, 29, of … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at approximately 7:00 am., following a month-long investigation, Maine Drug Enforement Agency Agents with assistance from other law enforcement agencies, executed a search warrant at 1351 Lewiston Road in New Gloucester.  Agents arrested and charged … Continue reading →

On Saturday, October 25, the second anniversary of the Lewiston shooting that took the lives of 18 people, wounded 13 others and terrorized an entire state, will be remembered at Trinity Episcopal Church, 247 Bates Street.  The event is at … Continue reading →

Jacob Hiscock, 40 of Livermore Falls, was arrested early this morning, Wednesday, October 22, 2025,  at his residence on charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Possession of Sexually Explicit Material according to a press release issued this afternoon … Continue reading →

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a second Notice of Violation (NOV) to a manufacturing facility because of the lack of meaningful progress remediating the former chloralkali manufacturing facililty located along the Penobscot River in Orrington.  Named … Continue reading →

On the evening of Friday, October 24, the identity of the victim in this fire was identified.  He is Paul Veryville, 62. On Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at approximately 2:07 am., the Office of State Fire Marshall responded to 70 … Continue reading →

You are invited to participate in a free catalytic converter “etching” workshop on Wednesday, October 29th.  The workshop will run from 9:00 am to Noon at Southern Maine Community College’s Johnson Automotive Technology Center, 2 Fort Road, in South Portland.  … Continue reading →

James Anderson, 20, of Biddeford, was placed under arrest and charged with Aggravated Trafficking of Schedule Drugs and Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine.  He was transported to the Cumberland County Jail where an additional charge of Trafficking in Prison Contraband was … Continue reading →

Twenty-nine grants have been awarded and accepted by city neighborhoods as part of the Sustainable Neighborhoods MIni Grants Program by the Office of Sustainability of the city of Portland. Over the summer, residents were invited to apply for these mini … Continue reading →

Dr. Nirav Shah announced this morning that he is running for Governor of the State of Maine. A Democrat, he was appointed by Governor Janet T. Mills (D) to serve as Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and … Continue reading →