News briefs from Portland and Maine that every West Ender needs to know about.
On January 21st, Mayor Michael Brennan delivered his State of the City address during a special City Council meeting. Mayor Brennan plans to form a fiber optics task force, to sell city lots... Read more
The cause of the fatal fire at 20 Noyes Street last November has been determined to be an accident. According to the Maine State Fire Marshall and Portland Fire Department the fire was the r... Read more
Portland Police and the FBI are investigating two bank robberies that occurred in Portland on Friday, January 16th. Key Bank branches at 400 Forest Avenue and 85 Auburn Street were robbed wi... Read more
The Friends of Congress Square Park have been organizing and promoting events and amenities in the much maligned park. Since May 2014 they claim over 9000 visitors came to the park to enjoy... Read more
Landlord Gregory Nisbet is the owner of the Noyes Street multi-unit that caught fire last November, killing six young people. Tenants of one of his other properties located at 188 Dartmouth... Read more
On January 12th, the City unveiled “Fix It! Portland.”, a mobile app for Portlanders to report quality of life concerns. Fix It! Portland allows citizens to report a variety of issues, such... Read more
The Portland Police Departments’s credit union recently merged with TruChoice Federal Credit Union. In September, the police department’s credit union announced that a former emp... Read more
According to a new report recently issued by the Research and Statistics Unit of the Bureau of Labor Standards, 19 Maine workers died from occupational or work-related injuries in 2013. That... Read more
The City offers numerous cross-country skiing, ice skating, sledding, snowshoeing and snowboarding opportunities. Grooming operations at Riverside Golf Course have been completed and seven k... Read more
The Congress Square Redesign Study Group met on Thursday, January 8th, in a joint meeting with the Land Bank and Parks Commissions. Both Commissions voted unanimously to recommend the City m... Read more
