Governor LePage and Republican lawmakers in Augusta want to push forward on drug-testing for welfare benefits. If the policy makes it through the rule-making process, then it would require d... 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
by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: Parking!!! Just to make things clear from the beginning, this article is not about the larger questions of car ownership and the... 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
Jeff is a Spring Street resident with a problem. His seven kids cannot seem to keep the car doors locked. This has made him a ceaseless victim of auto theft. He has lost an Ipod, a checkbook... 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
“All that time spent going to school,” Jello Biafra sneers on the Dead Kennedy’s punk classic, “At My Job,” “just to end up following rules.” It is... 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
Inevitable Tar Sands Apocalypse
A report released January 16th by NOAA and NASA demonstrates that 2014 was the warmest on record. According to the report, during 2014 the average temperature across global land and ocean su... Read more