By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,406) The Fourth Annual Fourth of July Stars & Stripes Spectacular is on track this year it was announced this morning at a breakfast meeting of the numerous sponsors who make it possible every year now.  The meeting was held … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,405) Kyle Upton, 28, was arrested this evening following a four and a half hour standoff with police at 41 Alder Street, in the Bayside neighborhood.  He was arrested by the Special Reaction Team of the Portland … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,404) Congresswoman Chellie Pingree met today with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and other high-ranking officials as part of an eight member Congressional Delegation trip to Turkey this week. “Turkey continues to be one of the … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,403) A part of President Obama’s budget proposal for 2014 includes a cut to the yearly increase those on social security receive  monthly.  It’s the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) upon which those slight increases are based. … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,402) Developers of the historic Eastland Hotel in Portland’s Art District unveiled its proposal to convert 5,000 sq. feet of  Congress Square Plaza into an events facility to a workshop of a city committee and a standing room only crowd … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,402) “This is exactly the project we’ve been waiting for.  It has a substantial housing component.  It will take the pressure off the housing rental market….we are lagging behind in providing housing and this will … Continue reading →

  By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,401) “I’ve been around restaurants for years.  I love to go out to restaurants, critique them and basically figure out what I’d do differently,” said Ken Macgowan, at his recently opened Porthole Restaurant on Custom … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,400) Congresswoman Chellie Pingree issued the following statement on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2014 budget. Her statement was released on April 10th. “The President is on the right track on deficit reduction by limiting tax … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,339) U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement today after Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev was taken into custody by authorities late last night: “I join … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 1,338) A downtown plaza originally built to attract tourists to hotels in the area, became the center of a tug of war last summer. Since it was built, there are fewer hotels in the area and … Continue reading →