Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, late this afternoon released the folllowing statement after the House passed a 45-day Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown: “For months there has been a bipartisan path … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, today voiced her strong opposition to the latest attempt by House Republicans to slash critical resources from the American people with an extreme Continuing Resolution.  The stopgap measure, … Continue reading →

The Second Annual Fall Festival was held this afternoon at the East End Community School Garden directly across from the School on North Street on Munjoy Hill.  All students between the grades Pre K through Grade 5 were invited to … Continue reading →

The Maine US delegation is calling on Postmasster DeJoy to urgently address troubling deficiencies found among US Postal Service (USPS) operations in Maine.  The letter follows the release of a recent USPS Office of Inspection General (OIG) report request by … Continue reading →

The Party from Hell held its first impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden for roughly 6 hours today in Washington, D.C.  The stated justification was to try to find a financial connection between Hunter Biden and Joseph Biden before the … Continue reading →

A ribbon cutting celebration at the new McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success was held at noon today Wednesday, September 27 on the Portland campus.. The McGoldrick Center is a signature initiative of USM’s just completed fundraising campaign.  Originally … Continue reading →

Speaker after speaker, about 25 of them in the 90 minutes permitted for public comment today, chastized some Portland city officials for not keeping campaign promises to solve the homeless crisis as they pledged to do – that despite the … Continue reading →

Portland Police responded to a report of a man tryig to break into a house on Hampshire Street at 4:21 am on Tuesday, September 26, 2023.  Upon arrival, an officer approached a man sitting on the sidewalk who matched the … Continue reading →

“NOW you tell me,” said Linda Kelley, a passenger on the cruise ship Norwegian Sky this afternoon.  “I’ve been looking for a bathroom ever since I disembarked from my cruise ship this morning.  “NOW  you tell me,” she repeated. Several … Continue reading →

Greater Portland early childhood and youth programs may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF). Maine CF’s Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund grant program supports early childhood education programs that help ensure a child’s readiness to enter … Continue reading →