Portland Police have arrested 18 year old Christopher McMann of 111 Elizabeth Road. He is charged with Reckless Conduct with a Firearm in connection with a shooting on Friday, April 17th. Mc... Read more
Public Services is currently in the process of installing new street maintenance parking restriction signs in order to reduce the number of times that residents have to move their cars. The... Read more
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
by Leo Knighton Tallarico April 2015 continues to bring us important planetary movements that promise big changes in the world and in the USA. On April 4 there is a Total Lunar Eclipse Full... 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
MAYOR’S MINIMUM WAGE GUTTED BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
After a public hearing, the Finance Committee of the City Council shredded the Mayor’s minimum wage proposal before voting to pass the measure on to the full Council. Councilors Jill Duson a... Read more