News briefs from Portland and Maine that every West Ender needs to know about.
This fall, the City of Portland and its partners launched an open space planning process. With help from Portland Trails and The Trust for Public Land, the City is engaging residents in deve... Read more
Susan Reilly, 64, was killed in a three vehicle collision on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Charlton, Massachusetts on December 23rd. Mrs. Reilly and her husband Tony, who was seriously injur... Read more
Portland Council’s Transportation Committee Requests Draft Ordinance to Regulate Uber Members of the Portland City Council’s Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee held its fina... Read more
On December 11th, the Finance Committee of the City Council held a public hearing on raising the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour. At the hearing, businesses and lobbyists opposed the raise, w... Read more
On December 16th, local nonprofit Green Initiatives Education Fund held a press conference with Food and Water Watch to call on Mainers to oppose a bill that has been called the “Denying Ame... Read more
Construction Crew Brings Potential Bomb to the Police On the afternoon of December 11th, a local construction crew found what appeared to be a bomb on the job. They brought the suspicious it... Read more
Noor Ibrahim, 27 years old of South Portland, was arrested by Portland police this morning after crashing his car into several parked vehicles on Oxford Street. Before police arrived, a citi... Read more
The Portland Well (Wellness Resource Center) in the Woodbury Campus Center is collecting items for USM students displaced by the Noyes Street Fire. For more information, or to make arrangeme... Read more
On Wednesday, December 10th, member-owners, local farmers, and Mayor Michael Brennan cut the ribbon on the Portland Food Co-op’s full-service market. Open to the public seven days a week, th... Read more
The day before the big Thanksgiving Day game, amidst allegations of racial insensitivity, Deering High School football coach Matt Riddell quit. Allegations from a student’s parents rea... Read more
