On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at approximately 2:30 pn., the Portland Police Department responded to an unresponsive 58 year old male who was inside a tent in the Western Promenade Cemetery area. The man was pronounced deceased a short time … Continue reading
Pingree, Agriculture Committee Democrats Draw Red Line on SNAP
Amid continued Republican threats to take food away from hungry Americans by weakening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s most effective anti-hunger program, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and her fellow Democratic House Agirculture Committee members are calling on … Continue reading
Pingree Delivers $12 Million to Bigelow Laboratory for New Innovative and Education Wing in East Boothbay
Senior House Appropriations Commitee Member Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced more than $12 million she championed in the Appropriations bill for the 2023 fiscal year has been disbursed to Bigelow Laboratry for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. One of … Continue reading
Lewiston Man Faces Six Charges in Two Incidents on Commercial Street in Portland
On Saturday, August 5th at 9:00 am., Portland Police responded to a report of a male bothering customers and causing a disturbance at Starbucks at 145 Commercial Street. The male suspect refused to identify himself and after talking with sidewalk … Continue reading
AG Frey Partners With Law Enforcers Nationwide to Stem Illegal Telemarketing Calls to Consumers
Maine, the Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement partners nationwide including Attorneys General from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced last month a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to … Continue reading
Plan to End Maine Homeless Veterans Presented by Panel of Federal Leaders
A plan to house 100 Maine Veterans by Veterans Day, November 11, was announced today by a panel composed of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis R. McDonough, US Representative Chellie PIngree, (D) and US Senator Angus King (I) at the … Continue reading
Homeless Help Each Other Move at Marginal Way; “..the City Tries to Keep it a Secret.”
Heather MacLeod Cote, 40, is pretty and has three years of college to her credit with a major in occupational therapy. She has a 16 year old daughter, Bella, who wants to live with her mother; also to her credit. … Continue reading
ENCOUNTERS – An Immersive Art Pop-up – Coming to East Bayside on Friday, August 4th for Summer
“We want to see if there is interest in Portland in this type of event,” said James LaPlante, of Sputnik Animation, earlier this week. “It’s a cross between a theme park and an art gallery.” It’s a pop-up interactive immersion … Continue reading
Governor Mills Signs Executive Order to Develop an Office of New Americans in Maine State Government
Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the first woman governor of Maine and its first AG, today signed an Executive Order directing her Admdinistration to develop a plan to establish an offiace of New americans in MDaine State government. The Executive … Continue reading
Homeless Camp on Marginal Way Partially Closed on August 3, 2023
The Maine Department of Transportation is workng with the Maine Department of Public Safety to institute temporary measures aimed at mitigating the safety risks associated with the encampment of unhoused individuals in Portland according to a statement from Maine DOT … Continue reading