The Maine Information and Analysis Center (MIAC) is alerting the public to a series of ongoing phone scams involving individuals impersonatding law enforcement officers. Since 2024, MIAC has received multiple reports of these incidents, including a recent case this month … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2025
Maine Welcomes Premier League Soccer Team from Nova Scotia for Match with ‘Hearts of Pine’ Next Month
Governor Janet T. Mills (D) announced today that Maine will welcome the Halifax Wanderers of the Canadian Premier League for an International Friendly Match with Maine’s new professional soccer team, the Portland Hearts of Pine, next month at Portland’s Fitzpatrick … Continue reading
Portland Police Respond to Armed Robbery at Cumberland Farms on Washington Avenue This Morning
On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 3:16 AM Portland Police responded to a report of an armed robber at the Cumberland Farms at 801 Washington Avenue. The employee stated that a man entered the store and was about to pruchase … Continue reading
Portland Joins Nationwide Movement for Immigrant Justice Wth “March” August 1st
You are invited to join in a show of solidarity with immigrants and their families on Friday, August 1st at 10:30 am. Portland residents will gather at Congress Square Park, 593 Congress Stree, to participate in La Marcha De La … Continue reading
West End Road Work to Resume July 21 for Water Resources Project
Starting tomorrow, Monday, July 21, Portland’s contractor, D&C Construction, will resume work on the Western Promenade Drainage Improvement Project along Vaughn and Danforth Streets and the Western Prom roadway. Final construction activities will include the installation of manhole frames and … Continue reading
Governor Mills Celebrates Major Investment in Aroostook County Potato Industry
Yesterday, in Aroostook County, Governor Janet T. Mills (D) celebrated transformative investments by her administration to strengthen Maine’s vital potato industry and family farms in Northern Maine. At the University of Maine’s Aroostook Farm in Presque Isle and Penobscot McCrum … Continue reading
City Receives Major Site Plan Application for 161 York Street Residential Development
The city of Portland has received a major site plan application for a development to take place at 161 York Street it announced yesterday. The proposal is to divide one lot into two lots to facilitate the development of two … Continue reading
Frey Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Affordable Care Act Rule
Attorney General Aaron M. Frey yesterday joined a multistate coalition of 21 members in filing a lawsuit challenging an unlawful final rule promulgated by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services … Continue reading
Neighborhood Meeting Set for Revised Deering Village Development on 7/23
You are invited to attend a neighborhood meeting on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at Allen Avenue Universalist Church, 524 Allen Avenue for a community meeting regarding the proposed and revised Deering Village Development at 410 Auburn Street. The meeting starts … Continue reading
Governor Mills Calls on US DOE to Release Federal Education Funds
Governor Janet T. Mills (D-ME) today joined governors from 16 states to call upon Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to release approximately $6.8 BILLION that the Trump Administration is withholding from schools and students across America, including in Maine. In … Continue reading