By Cameron Autry A new public private partnership has landed Portland on the forefront of the emerging market of self-driving cars. The state’s largest city will be one of seven participants... Read more
Every month PelotonLabs founder Liz Trice catches up with a Peloton member. This month Ben Taylor is covering for her, interviewing Katherine Soverel, Executive Director of the Maine Veterin... Read more
OCTOBER FEATURED NONPROFIT Portland Trails holds 19th annual Trail to Ale 10k This month, Portland’s nonprofit land trust kicks off the 19th Annual Trail to Ale 10k Race and Walk on Sunday,... Read more
By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director Local, independent businesses make Portland an interesting, attractive, and unique place to live and visit. So Portland Buy Local is celebrating t... Read more
By Tom Landry Sale prices for multi-family buildings in Greater Portland are way up. I recently compared prices from the first half of 2018 to 2017 and found South Portland multi-family sale... Read more
LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef For 41 years, Maine has been blessed by the billboard law that bans off-premises billboards. Its passage resulted in the remo... Read more
Whitley Marshall, an American Red Cross blood drive supervisor and co-director of the Barefoot Truth Dance Company, will represent Orr’s Island in the Mrs. Maine-America pageant. Together wi... Read more
By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director A healthy, local business community makes Portland stand out from other coastal towns, gives residents access to a diverse array of products and s... Read more
By Adam Marletta On Aug. 16, 350 daily newspapers banded together to denounce Donald Trump’s ongoing war on the press, which he has derided as perpetuating “fake news,” and as the “en... Read more
Enough is Enough…
Authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Medicaid was signed into law in 1965 alongside Medicare. All states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories have Medicaid prog... Read more