This year’s Fourth of July celebration on the Eastern Promenade will be different from all the others have gone before 2020. There will be an online virtual concert the Fourth of July weekend on the Eastern Promenade which will eliminate … Continue reading →

The Mills Administration announced today that indoor dining in Androscoggin, Cumberland and York counties can voluntarily resume on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 with added health and safety protocols outlined in the COVID-19 Prevention Checklist.  The decision to allow inside dining … Continue reading →

Dozens of retailers on lower Exchange Street in the Old Port have signed a petition demanding that the city council reopen the area to vehicular traffic immediately according to Sal Scaglione, the co- owner of ABACUS GALLERY, 44 Exchange Street, … Continue reading →

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey joined a coalition of 51 states led by Connecticut filing the third lawsuit stemming from the ongoing antitrust investigation into a widespread conspiracy by generic drug manufacturers to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition … Continue reading →

There was a lot of water damage to the interior of the Jewish Museum, 267 Congress Street, said Steven Brinn, President of the Museum board, earlier this week.  Brinn was referring to damage incurred during a fire last month in … Continue reading →

The Mills administration announced yesterday that it has accelerated the first day that lodging establishments in Maine can begin serving out-of-state visitors who meet either the 14-day quarantine requirement or the State’s new testing alternative – to Friday, June 26 … Continue reading →

“COVID-19 has hit Maine’s tourism industry hard and has caused people from across the country to question whether it is safe to travel.  That is why my Administration has worked hard to put forward a testing alternative that protects the … Continue reading →

Andrew Zarro, 31,  co-owner of Little Woodfords, a coffee shop at 643 Forest Avenue, plans to relocate to the bottom of Munjoy HIll at the end of June, he said this afternoon.  Zarro is leaving his Forest Avenue location because … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon police responded to people reporting hearing a gunshot behind 54 North Street, close to Fort Sumner Park on Munjoy Hill.  A 20 year old victim from Portland was located at Maine Medical Center.  He was treated for his … Continue reading →

The City of Portland has just announced that it is now undertaking a long-term plan to beautify the ugly street closure barricades in the Old Port of Portland.  (Someone forgot to install barbed wire on the top). The city is … Continue reading →