Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is reinforcing her call for a permanent bilateral ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, urging the State Department to affirm the US strong opposition to the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and harshly criticizing Israeli Prime … Continue reading →

“We had two fires last week,” said an employee of Boone’s Fish House & Oyster Room, on the Portland waterfront this afternoon.  “There was a chimney fire on Thursday.  And a cooler fire the next day on Friday,” she told … Continue reading →

Portland Police were called to Portland Arts and Technology and Casco  Bay High School at 185 Allen Avenue at 1;45 pm on Monday, January 22, 2024.  Police were informed that a student had made threatening comments to Casco Bay High … Continue reading →

In a very long, rambling and harsh email to mhn.com this mornig Sean Donaghue, the Division Chief for the Emergency Medical Services and Training for the Portland Fire Departmet, chastized this blogger for an inquiry into the chimney fire at  … Continue reading →

“In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, more than  a dozen states have enacted extensive bans on abortion.  As a result in America today, nearly one-third of women no longer have access to abortion.  While it is easy … Continue reading →

Portland Police were called to 465 Congress Street on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 7:52 am.  Upon arrival they were informed by an individual that someone had entered the building and ransacked the area, which had been done the previous … Continue reading →

Attorney General Aaron Frey yesterday announced that Nelson P. Cowand (a/k/a Parker Cowand,) 54, of Texas, pled guilty in the Unified Criminal Court in the Cumberland County Superior Court to Securities Fraud and Theft by Deception arising from a fraudulent … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills (D) the first woman governor of Maine and the state’s first woman AG, unveiled a plan to establish an Office of New Americans within Maine’s State Government today in Westbrook With unemployment at record lows, and … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T Mills (D), the first woman governor of Maine and its first woman AG, has called a special meeting of the Maine Climate Council for next Tuesday, Jnuary 23, 2024 to discuss the impacts of the recent storms … Continue reading →

After an extensive investigation, 37-year-old Joseph Call, of Windham, has been arrested in connection with multiple burglaries throughout the area since mid-December.  The joint investigation included detectives from Portland, Westbrook and South Portland Police Departments. Call was tied to burglaries … Continue reading →