The cause of an outside fire behind the Peaks Island Post Office, 76 Island Avenue, has been determined to be accidental due to improperly disposed smoking material according to a press release issued today by the Portland Fire Department. Yesterday, … Continue reading →

The Mills administration today unveiled an alternative to the State’s 14-day quarantine requirement requirement for people entering Maine.  The multilayered plan, called Keep Me Healthy, aims to protect the health of Maine people and visitors while allowing the opportunity for people … Continue reading →

June Rose, manager of the annual Maine Photography Show,  said yesterday that tourism in Boothbay Harbor is down by at least 50% and most likely more than that.  Several other business owners in the area agreed with that estimation. People … Continue reading →

Thousands of protesters gathered in Portland and engaged in a peaceful protest for more than eight hours with a group starting in the afternoon on Friday and ending during the early am on Saturday according to a press release received … Continue reading →

“Yesterday, I asked the President to check his rhetoric at the door and to lead us with courage and compassion through this difficult time.  Sadly, but unsurprisingly, he continues to prove himself incapable of doing so. What Maine people heard … Continue reading →

“President Trump spent much of his roundtable today saying he could fix trade policies that have hurt Maine fisherman with the stroke of a pen, but it is  his failed trade policies that caused China to retaliate with a lobster … Continue reading →

“I am proud of the extraordinary Maine companies, like Puritan Medical Products, who have adapted to meet the unprecedented challenge of this pandemic and whose work is saving lives.  They are worthy of our praise and I am grateful,” said … Continue reading →

“President trump’s planned visit to Maine tomorrow is just one more way to divide us as the nation grapples with a deadly pandemic, record unemployment and widespread peaceful protests of police brutality and systemic racism,” said Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D) … Continue reading →

Commissioner Heather Johnson announced earlier this afternoon that 13 rural counties, tasting rooms and bars may open for outside service and gyms and fitness centers,  nail salons and tattoo and piercing parlors may open with added health and safety precautions … Continue reading →

Speaker after speaker gave testimony to the pain and sometimes trauma of being a black person this afternoon at a two hour Black Lives Matter rally on the steps of city hall as members of the City Council and several … Continue reading →