By Carol McCracken Pearl Street from Oxford Street to Cumberland Avenue will be closed to all traffic until repairs are complete. This is due to a water main break. It’s estimated to be open at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. Please call … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken Portland is about to become a beneficiary of an additional stimulus package provided by the Housing & Urban Development Department of the Obama administration, announced Mayor Jill Duson at a budget meeting yesterday afternoon at the city … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken The Board of Directors of the Portland Harbor Museum has announced that it is relocating its facility to 510 Congress Street, effective Wednesday, May 20th. Three new exhibits will be opened on May 22 and run until … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken Once again, A Company of Girls, (ACOG), has been displaced from its space. This time it was displaced from the former Adams School on the Hill. Moving is nothing new to this award winning non-profit. It has … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken The public is invited to visit the Portland Observatory when it opens for the season on Saturday, May 23. It’s located at 138 Congress Street and is open daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tours are offered … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken The lovely stained glass window hangs in the front window of the Fuller Glass Studio as a constant reminder to its owner of where she’s been and where she’s going next January. It’s only been six weeks … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken A local science writer, landscape architect, and gardner were some of the panelists yesterday at the Friends of the Eastern Promenade membership drive meeting – where the theme of the meeting was where and how do green … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken The public is invited to an Open House at the Abyssinian Meeting House over Memorial Day Weekend – Friday, May 22, Saturday, May 23 and Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day. The Open House runs from 10:00 … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken Thanks to a bill sponsored by the Hill’s own freshman Senator Justin Alfond, (D), the Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. (“MEMIC”), now offers employment practices liability insurance to its policyholders regardless of the number of its employees. … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken The recently well- attended series of meetings held by the city’s planning division on the future and past of the Maine State Pier indicates that there is indeed almost an insatiable interest in Portland Harbor. The first … Continue reading →