News briefs from Portland and Maine that every West Ender needs to know about.
In a release to media, Portland Police stated that they have arrested thirty-year-old Gang Deng Majok in connection with a shooting and murder in the Old Port. This is the second arrest in t... Read more
A bill that has come to be known as the DARK (“Denying Americans the Right-to-Know”) Act has passed the US House and is moving to the Senate. This bill would prevent states, including... Read more
Police arrested 25 year old Jimmy Odong of Portland at about 4:10 p..m on Thursday, July 23rd. Jimmy Odong fled from detectives in the USM area. Officers acted quickly and established a peri... Read more
The City has posted the apartment building located at 592 Washington Avenue against occupancy. Some of the violations include blocked exits, unsafe wiring, excessive storage (fire load) insi... Read more
2 Armed Robberies in Back Bay Neighborhood Police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred Friday, July 17th, in the Baxter Boulevard area. At around 1:45 p.m. in the Hannaford p... Read more
City officials have completed analyzing data in order to determine how many asylum seekers would be ineligible based on the State’s new guidance, but eligible for the Council-adopted Communi... Read more
Videoport might be closing, but their collection of independent, hard-to-find movies, will be gifted to the Portland Public Library for all to enjoy. Videoport announced that their store wil... Read more
District 1 City Councilor Kevin Donoghue (Munjoy Hill, East End) announced today that he will not seek reelection to a fourth term. “I am proud to have been elected three times to repr... Read more
The Franklin Street Redesign effort, over many years, has developed a shared vision of a corridor that better serves all users and revitalizes an important part of the Portland peninsula. Th... Read more
After a 6-3 vote by City Council, the minimum wage in Portland will go up. The question remains how much and how soon. Two ballot initiatives, one locally and one statewide, may also effect... Read more
