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South Portland teen reported missing, police seek public’s help
SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland Police Department is seeking assistance in locating 17-year-old Ramata Diassana, who has been reported missing since the morning of May 14. Diassana was last seen at her residence, wearing a gray puffer jacket and carrying a backpack. Authorities are urging anyone with information...
Bike shops see surge in used market after boom in sales during COVID
PORTLAND, Maine — With the outdoors offering a pandemic escape a couple years ago, it became hard to find a bike. Back then, Portland resident Ian Anderson got one in the nick of time. "I think I got, maybe, one of the last full-suspension bikes at my size in...
Is Portland's North Deering neighborhood dying?
CBS13 will be celebrating its 70th anniversary in Portland on Thursday, with the last 40 years broadcasting from the North Deering neighborhood. In that time, we've seen countless changes at the station and changes to the neighborhood as well. In fact, we've seen several longtime businesses close their doors, and...
Man accused of exposing himself to police after attacking person on Portland waterfront
PORTLAND, Maine — A Sebago man is accused of attacking another man along the Portland waterfront, and then exposing himself to police before he was arrested. Police were called to the Portland Fish Pier on Commercial Street on Monday for a report of someone being attacked. When officers arrived,...
Maine mom searches for answers to shortage of ADHD drugs
STANDISH, Maine — Darci Petrov spent much of her days in recent weeks calling pharmacies in search of medication with little luck. "Oh, I've cried a lot," she said. "I have gotten so overwhelmed by the whole process." In the last year, both she and her son were diagnosed...
Helping students maintain good mental health over the summer
PORTLAND, Maine — Casey Maddock of Scarborough just finished her junior year at the University of Maine. She remembered first feeling sad and anxious around seventh grade. “I just remember that being a really turbulent time in my life, and I thought, at that time, I was just being dramatic, because I have such a wonderful family and life," Maddock explained.
Workers in Portland share frustrations over city's parking protocols
PORTLAND, Maine — Adam Sousa had secured a prime parking spot on Tuesday at the beginning of his shift as a bar manager at Blyth and Burrows in downtown Portland. His car was parked on the street, within one hundred feet of the cocktail bar. However, Sousa said this...
She’s an acclaimed opera singer—and her Maine tattoo is a beauty
PORTLAND, Maine — Abi Levis, a native of South Portland who as a youngster sang Irish ballads with her father and Patsy Cline songs at county fairs in Maine, received her first instruction in classical music at the age of fifteen. She got hooked after reading “Opera for Dummies.”
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