The city of Portland has announced it is extending the citywide parking ban to include Sunday night as well.  A citywide parking ban will be in effect starting at 10:00 pm Sunday, February 16 through 6:00 am, Monday, February 17, … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Evironment Subcommitee, says the Trump administration reported firing of 3,400 US Forest Service(FS) employees will severely hinder the agency’s ability to fight wildfires. In a letter dated February … Continue reading →

Construction of the parking garage at the Roux Institute at the Northeastern University Campus in East Deering will begin on Monday, February 17, 2005.  Initial work includes driving H-piles to support the structure.  This work is expected to last for … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) warned the Trump adminisration that its ill-conceived hiring federal freeze will jeopardize National Park Service (NPS) operations in national parks like Acadia.  Pingree called on Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to immediately resume all seasonal … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills (D) has directed all State of Maine offices closed tomorrow, February 13, 2025.  This is because of a snow, sleet and ice forecast that is expected to make for hazardous driving conditions across the entire state.

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)  is voting the low road to her defeat in her  upcoming senate race next year. Because the Senator’s press person Blake is not answering email requests from the press, this blogger called her Washington, DC office.  … Continue reading →

Seven people were arrested during a “High Risk” Search Warrant at apartment 402, at 658 Congress Street, Portland, according to a press release issued this morning by Shannon Moss, Public Information Officer for the Maine State Police. Those arrested yesterday … Continue reading →

Advocates and volunteer constituents lined the halls of the State House and delivered letters to their state senators and representatives urging them to pass and fund LD 143, An Act to Improve Women’s Health and Economic Security by Funding Family … Continue reading →

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey and 21 other attorney’s general today sued the Trump Administration, the Department of Health & Human Services and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for unlawfully cutting funds that support cutting edge medical and public … Continue reading →

On Monday, February 10, 2025, at approximately 7:42 am., Portland Police responded to a report of two unconscious males in the wooded area behind Hannaford on Riverside Street.  Upon arrival police discovered William Liese, 57 and Lee Thomas Johnson 44, … Continue reading →