New housing caps proposed in Scarborough to regulate growth

Town councilors say the building permit allotments allowed in the draft plan to revise the town's growth management ordinance may be too high.

Maine considers steeper fines to deter distracted driving

Since Maine's hands-free driving law took effect in 2019, more than 3,000 drivers have received tickets each year. A legislative bill would increase penalties from $85 to $500 for a first offense and from $325 to $1,000 for a second offense.

‘Extreme’ delays plague mail delivery during busiest week of year, union says

Some customers, according to the union, are now going five or six days without regular mail service – as the holidays send delivery volumes to their peak.

Scout leaders attend outdoor training in Belgrade

Construction company mourns loss of 2 leaders killed in Arundel plane crash

Federal aviation safety officials will investigate what caused the aircraft to go down, killing pilot Eldon Morrison, 81, of Yarmouth, and Paul Koziell, 55, of Scarborough.

Scarborough High will reopen Wednesday after student received threatening texts

Authorities said Tuesday that a suspect has been arrested, and the threats were not credible.

Scarborough Comfort Inn & Suites to stop sheltering homeless people

The Town Council agreed to renew the hotel's operating license if the owner transitioned away from temporary housing.

Maine law limits liability on private trails, such as where Georgia woman died

Tuesday's fatal fall from the Prouts Neck Cliff Walk raises questions, but the state's recreational use statute shields landowners in many cases.

Scarborough Planning Board gives green light to state’s first Costco

The Scarborough Planning Board approved site plan designs and various waivers that pave the way for the popular membership-only big box store to be built at The Downs.

Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates

The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.