This afternoon the US Conference of Mayors awarded the City of Portland its first 2019 Partner Annual Small Business Friendly Award of the year. Receiving the award were members of the Economic Development Committee, chair Spencer Thibodeau. and Mayor Ethan … Continue reading →

Heather Brown has been selected to serve as the new Assistant City Manager to city manager Jon Jennings. She replaces Michael Sauschuck who worked for the State of Maine in Augusta. Ms. Brown, a native of Windham will return to … Continue reading →

Statewide peace groups will gather to protest the “christening” of a Zumalt class warship at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard Saturday, April 27. The ship will be named for President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), who was driven from office … Continue reading →

The Portland Board of Public Education voted unanimously on April 8 (yesterday) to recommend to the City Council a fiscal year 2020 budget of $117.8 million. The budget preserves current staffing and programing, expands the districts’ pre-kindergarten program. “I’m proud … Continue reading →

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) Q-1 report reveals a $4.4 million coffer with donors from known backers of President Trump like billionaire Robert Mercer. Also, Collins received more itemized contributions from lobbyists, sixteen (16) then from Mainers, fifteen (15). That speaks … Continue reading →

Golf carts on Peaks Island have become a real nuisance for year round residents of the popular summer time destination. The sheer numbers every year clog the narrow roads, put undue pressure on the insufficient infrastructure on the Island and … Continue reading →

On Monday, April 8, 2019 the street-level digital imagery part of the 2019 Revaluation Project will begin. Portland has contracted Tyler Technologies to digitally photograph the exterior of every property in the city and validate addresses and exterior data. Correct … Continue reading →

On Friday, April 5, 2019, a Cumberland County Grand Jury indicted Mark Cardilli, Jr. for the murder of Isahak Muse that occurred on March 16, 2019, a 1:45 am. An arrest warrant was issued for Cardilli and he was taken … Continue reading →

“..we rally today to DEMAND that Bill Barr and the Department of Justice release to us, the public, the full contents of the Mueller investigation and that they request permission from the federal courts to make grand jury information available … Continue reading →

Demolition of buildings 7 and 10 at Portland Foreside, once known as 58 Fore Street, is scheduled to begin early tomorrow morning. A fence erected around the Fore Street entrance will be shut so no one can enter the ten-acre … Continue reading →