By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,697) The public is invited to attend a neighborhood meeting to discuss development plans for 180 Washington Avenue, on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.  The meeting will be held at the Root Cellar, 94 Washington Avenue,. … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,696) Sarah Sze, of New York City, has been selected to be the artist to design a concept for Congress Square according to Pandora LaCasse this afternoon.  LaCasse made the announcement at a special meeting … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,695) Three men were arrested at 2:30 am today and charged with the armed robbery of a 24-year old Portland woman.  Portland officers heard a woman screaming for help at Franklin and Congress Streets when … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,694) The public is invited to attend an informational meeting on the Police Citizen Review Subcommittee on Wednesday, August 24. The meeting takes place at city hall, Room 209, between 6:00 – 8:00 pm. City … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,693) Travis Otis’ grandmother, Geraldine Kilpatrick, had Multiple Schlerosis and that is one of the reasons that he always participates in the Lobster Boat Races off the Eastern Promenade he said this afternoon at 58 … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,692) The 35th annual Multiple Schlerosis Regatta entered the record books earlier this evening with 67 skippers at the helm of their 20 to 80 ft. yachts – a slight  increase from previous years.  For … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,691 ) “I’m so nervous and excited,” said Gwynedd Esty-Kendall late this afternoon at Congress Square Park.  “It’s been five years since I’ve performed on the stage.”.  That was when she starred in, wrote and … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,690) “I was in here the beginning of July. I was trying to get a building permit and I still don’t have it,” Jim  Mingo told one of the employees of the city’s inspections office … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,689) Architect David Harmon has filed an application with the City’s planning office to convert an empty single-family home at 180 Washington Avenue into five (5) condominiums and parking for four (4) vehicles on the … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,688) It’s hard to  know where to start because it was such a devastating critique of a proposed  condo development at 30 Merrill Street on Munjoy Hill.  The presentation  by Evan Carroll, architect, seemed so beyond … Continue reading →