Greater Portland METRO announced this morning that it is temporarily reducing service due to staffing shortages on two bus routes – METRO, BREEZ and Route 1.  These changes begin on Monday, March 28, 2022 and are expected to continue through … Continue reading →

United Way of Southern Maine (UWSM) and the Cumberland County Board for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) received notice from the EFSP National Board that UWSM will receive$1,218,672 to support individuals and families temporarily housed in hotels throughout … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D) and a bipartisan group of five US Representatives today wrapped the first leg of their week-long fact-finding mission in Eastern Europe amid the on-going humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The group just spent two days in Poland … Continue reading →

“We (women) get the job done.  We hide so much of who we are still.  There is a direct line from these women from the Old Testament to how we are today,” said Jessyca Brockman, at a standing room only … Continue reading →

After declaring March as Francophonie Month in Maine, Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the first woman governor of the state and its first woman attorney general,  issued the following statement today in honor of International Francophonie Day: “Throughout our history, … Continue reading →

“I try to paint wildflowers realistically, but they often have an abstract quality,” said John A. Knight, this afternoon as he stopped by Moss Galleries, Falmouth, where his show of  wildflower oil paintings opened up yesterday and runs through April … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D) announced today that she has cosponsored legislation to curb profiteering by Big Oil companies and provide American consumers relief at the pump.  The Stop the Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act, introduced in the US … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the first woman governor of Maine and its first attorney general, yesterday proposed an additional $197. million in state funding to address immediate needs in Maine behavioral healthsystem and support ongoing improvements to MaineCare rates … Continue reading →

As part of the development of a Wabanaki Studies curiculum for the Portland Public Schools, a documentary film series is under creation to serve as a central text for each grade level.  The films are yet to be filmed and … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D). joined the Cummings family on a guided tour of the historic Abyssinian Meeting House (AMH), 73 Newbury Street on the East End of Portland to see first-hand how the $1.7 million in funding she secured will … Continue reading →