Today, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Deputy Secretary of State for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Cathie Curtis, presented the BMVs proposal for a license plate reissuance to the Legislature’s Transportation Committee.  The new plate, replacing the current chickadee, … Continue reading →

MaineHousing has announced it has awarded just over $1 million ($1,075,000) in state funding for 13 overnight warming shelters across Maine.  Funding for these warming shelters is a portion of the $21 million emergency funds approved by the Legislature and … Continue reading →

ARE you up for a Classic movie tonight?  If so, get over to the Reiche Community Room at Reiche School on the West End of Portland.  CITIZEN KANE, starring Orson Welles, is playing there tonight. Doors open at 6:30 pm.  … Continue reading →

Many on Munjoy Hill lost their power this morning around 6:30 am.  It was restored to the around 2,500 units on the Hill by CMP   shortly after 9:00 am. Power was out on North Street, but not on Washington Avenue.  … Continue reading →

If you are looking for a way to contribute to the relief effort for the victims of the earthquake in Syria & Turkey, please consider making a donation to Partners for World Health by texting quake to 207 – 656-5261 … Continue reading →

Attorney General Aaron Frey today joined a multistate coalition to defend and protect safe access to medication abortion nationwide.  In an amicus brief filed in Alliance of Hippocratic Medicine vs. US Food and Drug Administration (FD), a case pending in … Continue reading →

Due to ongoing repair and cleanup needs from the recent cold temperatures, the Scarborough Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) branch will be closed through at least next Wednesday, February 15, if not all of next week according to a press … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills (D-Me), was one of a panel of six Democratic women governors appearing on the 8:30 am segment of ‘Morning Joe’ Cable News this morning discussing how these women communicate frequently to discuss common concerns in their … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the first woman Governor of Maine, is participating in the 2023 Winter Meeting of the National Governors’ Association in Washington, D.C.  The meeting starts today Thursday and runs through Saturday, February 11, 2023. During the … Continue reading →

You are invited to attend a lecutre on an east end  Jewish neighborhoold  – “India & Congress Streets – The Ethnic HIstory of an Intersection” on Sunday, February 12th from 1:30 to 2:30 pm at Et Chaim Synagugue/Maine Jewish Museum.  … Continue reading →