Last week Governor Janet T. Mills (D), praised an announcement from the US Treasury Department that it is allocating more than $178 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to expand Maine broadband. The funds will be utilized by the … Continue reading →

For generations now, the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse on the rockbound coast of Maine. has been an important tourist attraction for many looking for a vacation from away, including this blogger.  Located in the town of Bristol, the Lighthouse  sits in … Continue reading →

Normally the main street of Old Orchard Beach is packed with tourists enjoying the long Labor Day weekend.  Not today. The main street had only a few tourists window shopping – some saying they were enjoying having the street mostly … Continue reading →

Lobsters are to Maine as baked beans are to Boston – so the news that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released new regulations earlier this week designed to protect right whales would be controversial comes as no surprise. … Continue reading →

The Mills Administration announced today that it will begin enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health care workers on October 29, 2021, providing an additional month for health care workers to complete their vaccination protocol and for health care … Continue reading →

“Listening is what we can do mostly.  Sometimes that’s enough because a lot of times these people are ignored because they are marginalized.  Nobody sees them.  They are invisible,” said Matt Brown, a Recovery Coach at the Portland Recovery Community … Continue reading →

B&G Foods, Inc. has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Portland manufacturing facility and 13.5 acre waterfront property to the Institute for Digital Engineering Life Science.  B&G Foods plans to move B&M  manufacturing operations and certain … Continue reading →

Two employees of the Burnham & Morrill Portland factory told this blogger at 5:00 pm. today,  that they and other employees were informed today at 3:00 pm that the Portland location was shutting down at the end of the year. … Continue reading →

“I’m tired of a fragmented society.  I want to encourage civil dialogue and see less arguing,” said Joshua Hughes, 38, the organizer of a BBQ and concert earlier this evening at Congress Square Park, in the Arts District of Portland. … Continue reading →

With the evacuation of thousands of refugees from Afghanistan, there is interest in where in the US they will resettle. In that regard, Governor Janet Mills, (D) the first woman Governor of Maine, issued the following statement last week: “Along … Continue reading →