On April 15th a South Portland School Department bus hit a bicyclist on Deering Avenue, near King Middle School at about 7 a.m. The Police Traffic Division investigated the incident, which i... Read more
Baxter Academy for Technology and Science’s rookie First Robotics team, the Outliers, qualified for World Competition while competing in the New England Championship held last weekend in Wor... Read more
The City will host two community conversations at the end of April in order to receive input from citizens and to further explain this year’s municipal budgetary process. The first meeting w... Read more
Starting Wednesday, April 15th, Portland became Maine’s first city to place a five-cent fee on disposable paper or plastic shopping bags, and the second city to ban disposable styrofoam food... Read more
Police are investigating a hate crime that occurred on Sunday, April 12th. The Portland Halaal Market at 269 Saint John Street reported that anti-Muslim graffiti was spray painted on the A S... Read more
MY STORY: English-language learners from Portland Adult Education sharing their stories in their words. We welcome them to Portland. My name is Branca. I’m from Angola. I have five sisters.... Read more
Over the last several months there have been 15 robberies, including armed robberies, throughout Portland. “Lots of resources are going into that..” said Community Police Officer... Read more
MY STORY: English-language learners from Portland Adult Education sharing their stories in their words. We welcome them to Portland. I am William Joao from Angola. My grandmother and grandfa... Read more
At 10 p.m. on April 2nd, police responded to an armed robbery at Nickelodeon Cinemas in the Old Port. It was reported that the suspect displayed a handgun and demanded cash from a worker. Th... Read more
58 Fore Street Rezoning Update A big contention in the rezoning of 58 Fore Street, whether building heights should be measured from flood plain or average grade, has just been circumvented a... Read more
