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 →

The Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Peaks Island Fund has awarded a total of $75,000 in grants to ten nonprofit organizations that support the island community.  2023 grantees include: PEAK’S ISLAND CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP $15,000. for organizational; costs associatedl with the island’s … Continue reading →

There are two upcoming Mayoral Candidates’ Nights if you missed the recent one at the Portand Public Library. The first one is on Thursday, September 28th at 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at the East End Community School, 195 North … Continue reading →