Gorham’s Corner, a 5-way intersection in downtown Portland, gets asphalt murals and pedestrian safety improvements By Tony Zeli Who’s behind those flashy new crosswalk murals at Gorham... Read more
News Brief New Park is by Lyseth Elementary and Moore Middle Schools The City of Portland and Trust for Public Land acquired twenty-four acres of land to create the new city-owned North Deer... Read more
News Brief Busy Day of Six Water Rescues On July 20th, Portland Fire crews successfully rescued six individuals in two separate incidents on the water. The first incident occurred off t... Read more
Portland Summer Meals Program for Children, Teens The Portland Public Schools operates various summer meal sites across the city of Portland during the summer. Sites post meals and times and... Read more
La Vida LocalIrregular Notes on West End Life Singin’ in the Rain By Rosanne Graef This past winter was tough on many plants around the West End. And the spring weather was a wild... Read more
The Portland Gothic House & Cuba Connection Part II: Horatio Fox & the Spanish Colony of Cuba By Marta Morse Portland has an illustrious past. Before the American Revolution, ships w... Read more
Chris Miller: Bringing a Carousel of Animals to Public Spaces Every month PelotonLabs co-founder Liz Trice interviews a local community member. This month, Liz caught up with Chris Miller, a... Read more
By Tony Zeli In a growing city, available on-street parking is a limited resource. For the past two years, the neighbors near Maine Medical Center (MMC) in downtown Portland have had a parti... Read more
Book Short ‘The Island of Missing Trees’by Elif Shafak Review by Stephanie Miller Do the trees, flora, and insects of Cyprus have anything to teach citizens torn apart by civil w... Read more
Body Found in Presumpscot River On Sunday, June 25th, around 3:00 p.m., police arrived at the banks of the Presumpscot River near the Riverside Golf Course to investigate a report of a... Read more


