The City of Portland needs housing for at least 150 people currently warehoused at the Portland Expo by August 15 according to an update from the city received this afternoon. That’s when the Maine Red Claws begin using the space. … Continue reading
Blink and another building will have been demolished before you can open your eyes again – or so it seems at Portland Foreside, formerly known as 58 Fore Street on Munjoy Hill. Phase 1 of the demolition project is expected … Continue reading
Portland Police are investigating a robbery at the Rite Aid Pharmacy at 290 Congress Street after 4:00 pm on Sunday, July 14, 2019. A man approached the pharmacist and handed him a note demanding drugs. He fled after being given … Continue reading
The article in the “Portland Press Herald” today stating that Antonia and Steve Sotiropoulos, founders of the popular Falmouth House of Pizza, filed a lawsuit against their son, George, and his wife Miekal Liberty, perked up the interest of this … Continue reading
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman Charlie Crist (D-Florida) have secured an amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring the Secretary of Defense to account for sea level rise projections and future flood risk when creating climate resislancy … Continue reading
The Portland Police Department has been working with agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency to address drug trafficking in the Bayside neighborhood. For the past three (3) weeks, one building has been the scene of several police investigations. On … Continue reading
This afternoon the Working Waterfront Group met formally for the last time, unless city manager Jon Jennings decides to call the group back into session, said Willis Spears, one of the panel put together by Jennings last December to resolve … Continue reading
The physical count as of this morning at the Portland Expo was 259 according to an email from Jessica Grondin, city spokeswoman. We have moved eight (8) families from the Expo to the units at the Family Shelter on Chestnut … Continue reading
Late last night, Wayne Harwood, 25, of Portland, was seriously injured in a collision with a car on Cumberland Avenue. Mr. Harwood was riding a skateboard when hit. He is believed to have been entering Cumberland Avenue from Avon Street … Continue reading
