Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) joined six of her congressional colleagues in writing to the Department of  Homeland Security’s office of Inspection General urging it to open a formal review of the Boston Asylum Office operated by US Citizenship and Immigration … Continue reading →

Singer Brian Dewan, a talented baritone with a winning way, delighted a Memorial Day crowd on Munjoy HIll with a medley of songs featuring an agricultural and sea chanty bent to them.  Songs from a songbook he owns included:  “The … Continue reading →

“Life is so precious.  It is truly a gift from the highest order.  Yet life is so fragile.  Sometimes I think we take life for granted,” said Commander Dick Paiement, at the annual Memorial Day observation on Munjoy Hill. “In … Continue reading →

Historian Herb Adams will kick-off a Memorial Day observation at the Bandstand at Ft. Allen Park on Munjoy Hill with a moment of silence on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 3:00 pm.  The moment of silence is to remember those … Continue reading →

Forty-three (43) Maine artists mounted a show:   “Our Working Waterfront” at the Meetinghouse Arts Gallery, Freeport today.  The show   runs  through July 7th.  Some of those displaying artists attended an opening reception late this afternoon.  The new 40 Main Street … Continue reading →

The historic Portland Observatory is reopening for the 2022 season on Saturday, May 28th according to a press release issued this morning by Greater Portland Landmarks who manages the property for the city of Portland who owns it. Access to … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the first woman governor of Maine and its first woman attorney general,  and Public Advocate Bill Harwood, today announced their opposition to Central Maine Power’s (CMP) notice of intent to file for a rate increase.  … Continue reading →

The city’s Business Licensing office at city hall has not yet informed the fourteen (14) applicants vying for a business spot in the parking lot off the Eastern Promenade that they will be participating in a lottery to determine which … Continue reading →

Last week thirty (30) Letters of Hope were delivered to students in Ukraine on a Partners for World Health (PWH) plane flight.  Many of those wrtiers of those letters are sixth-grade English students of Margot Owen at Lincoln Middle School, … Continue reading →

In accordance with a directive of the President, Governor Janet T. Mills (D) has ordered the US and State of Maine flags lowered to half-staff immediaely through Saturday, May 28th in honor and remembrance of the victims of the horrific … Continue reading →