The Rines Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation is accepting grant proposals from community-based organizations that contribute to the vibrancy of Greater Portland. Grant awards of up to $10,000. are available to nonprofit organizations focused on environment and conservation, … Continue reading →

A  Honk-a-Thom to protect the Arctic from drilling by the oil companies is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.  The location is at Deering Oaks Park, near the Portland Farmers Market.  The event … Continue reading →

Tandem Mobility has been selected to plan and launch a pilot bike share program in Portland in June of 2022 according to a press release issued by the city’s spokeswoman today.  This decision follows a Request for Proposal released earlier … Continue reading →

The city has announced that non-union staff will have to be fully vaccinated by September 10.  Union employees will have to comply once any bargaining has occurred. “We are hoping to move forward with that process as quickly as possible.  … Continue reading →

A deep water port, one of the deepest on the east coast, was one of the essentials that led to the  establishment of Portland as a major commercial port on the east coast and during World War 11 as an … Continue reading →

“We have made some changes this year to accommodate the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Sal Bonetti, co-chair of the St. Peter’s Italian  Bazaar, late this afternoon at the Federal Street location on the east end of Portland. The Bazaar is a … Continue reading →

Governor Mills, the first women Governor of Maine, announced this afternoon that her Administration is requiring all Maine health care workers to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 by October 1, 2021.  The purpose is to protect the health and lives … Continue reading →

Starting the week of Monday, August 16, 2021, construction on the Fore Street Sewer Separation Project will begin.  This first phase of the Project is scheduled to last until January 1, 2022.  During this time, Fore Street traffic flow will … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills, the first woman Governor of Maine and a former Maine Attorney General, announced yesterday that 80% of adults in Maine have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, one of six states in the … Continue reading →

Sam Patel, the newest owner of the Hilltop Superette, said he is here to stay for many years to come. He means it.  The popular convenience store at the corner of North and Congress Streets has changed hands several times … Continue reading →