Grants from the Peaks Island Fund in the Maine Community Foundation (MECF) are available for nonprofits that assist the Island community. Organzations or projects must serve Peaks Island community members within the next year and have potential for continuing impact … Continue reading →

A body that was recovered in the Presumpscot River in Falmaouth on Thursday, April 20th is that of SAMUEL MUGISHA, who was reported missing from Portland on November 4, 2022.  The Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner identified the body … Continue reading →

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Services, Maine’s premiere scientific ocean research organization, ended the final day of the second National Seaweed Symposium held at The Westn Hotel, in Portland, late this afternoon. The Symposium was an opportunity to network and share … Continue reading →

“We were told yesterday afternoon that the city will remove us from this spot on Friday morning,” said Adam, one of the homeless that has found a temporary home on the Bayside Trail behnd Trader Joe’s, 87 Marginal Way, Portland.  … Continue reading →

The public is invited to attend a neighborhood meeting at the East End Community School cafeteria, 195 North Street on Tuesday, May 2.  The meeting runs from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm.  At the meeting Portland Foreside Development Company will … Continue reading →

“The encampment on the Bayside Trail is a visual representation of the fact that we are in the midst of a homelessness crisis, a crisis that is occurring all accros Maine, not just here in Portland.  It is absolutely devastating … Continue reading →

Tucker Carlson, of FOX News, a/k/a FOX Lies, is no longer employed by the cable television station it was announced this morning just before noon.  In a terse statement, FOX Lies said that the two have “agreed to part ways” … Continue reading →

“Media MIke” Chitwood appeared  on CNN cable news this morning – just before 8:00 am.  He made the  news this morning for his calling out neo-nazi cults that are a danger to this nation and are brazenly active in cities … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the first woman governor of Maine and its first woman attorney general, announced last week that she has donated surplus funding from her inauguration to three Maine nonprofit organizations that support the growth and success … Continue reading →

The homeless, set up in a tent village behind Trader Joe’s, 87 Marginal Way, have been told that their village will be removed from the city’s public land on Thursday morning, April 27.  “We were supposed to leave last Thursday, … Continue reading →