With schools closed today Wednesday, March 14th due to bad weather, the Portland Public Schools will allow a brief intermission during the school day on Thursday, March 15th, tomorrow.   The brief intermission will occur at 10:00 am at Portland, Deering … Continue reading →

Whether or not to fine landlords for failure to register their apartment units with city hall is an issue that has existed from the very inception of the Housing Safety Office in 2015 – an office that was created by … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME.) issued the following statement after President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and named CIA Director Mike Pompeo as his replacement today: “Rex Tillerson’s short tenure as Secretary of State was marked by the departure … Continue reading →

The third annual New England Craft Beer Summit will be held on March 29th at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland.  The event runs from 7:30 am – 5:00 pm.  The keynote speaker will be Natalie King (executive vice … Continue reading →

Another parking ban had been called for today Tuesday, March 13th beginning at 10:00 pm and running through Wednesday, March 14th at 6:00 am.  Vehicles remaining on the streets during this time can be towed by the city at the … Continue reading →

A controversial bill to extend a $60 M tax giveaway to  General Dynamics’s Bath Iron Works shipyard is in trouble in the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation of the Maine Legislature according to an article in “The Free Press” in  … Continue reading →

A proposal for a 148 room full service hotel at Thompson’s Point is set to go before the Portland planning board for a workshop on Tuesday, March 13 at 4:30 at city hall. Chris Thompson, co-owner of the property with … Continue reading →

On Saturday, March 10th at 3:46 am, an unidentified Portland man was struck and killed by a City-owned dump truck at 2282 Congress Street. A white 2005 Sterling dump truck carrying a load of snow driven by 49-year old Donald … Continue reading →

Assistant Fire Department Chief Keith Gautreau has been appointed to serve as Interim Fire Chief for Portland until a permenant Fire Chief is appointed according to a press release from the city’s spokeswoman.  Gautreau will be replacing Fire Chief David … Continue reading →

Succumbing to pressure, Tricky Trump announced this afternoon that he will – for now – exempt Canada and Mexico from new tariffs he signed into place at a politically savvy press conference with steel workers and some of his crooked … Continue reading →