“President trump’s planned visit to Maine tomorrow is just one more way to divide us as the nation grapples with a deadly pandemic, record unemployment and widespread peaceful protests of police brutality and systemic racism,” said Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D) … Continue reading →

Commissioner Heather Johnson announced earlier this afternoon that 13 rural counties, tasting rooms and bars may open for outside service and gyms and fitness centers,  nail salons and tattoo and piercing parlors may open with added health and safety precautions … Continue reading →

Speaker after speaker gave testimony to the pain and sometimes trauma of being a black person this afternoon at a two hour Black Lives Matter rally on the steps of city hall as members of the City Council and several … Continue reading →

Around 9:00 pm. last night, a group of protesters went to the front of the Portland Police Headquarters and almost immediately began engaging in unlawful behavior.  Police estimated that the group had grown to more than 100 to 200 by … Continue reading →

“It’s a shame that protesters are destroying businesses.  We are just trying to survive,” said Mike Jones, of Something’s Fishy, 32 Exchange Street, in the Old Port of Portland, this afternoon. Jones was referring to the closing of the Urban … Continue reading →

Twenty-three people were arrested last night in a demonstration that started peacefully at 7:00 pm.  The demonstration began peacefully and turned violent according to a press release issued by Lt. Robert Martin, spokesman for the Police Department. A group of … Continue reading →

Governor Mills described a telephone call this morning with the other Governors, Trump and AG Barr as ‘far different” from previous telephone calls.  Trump told the Governors to arrest protestors, prosecute them and put them in jail for ten years.  … Continue reading →

There are social media reports that Trumpy may be coming to Guilford, Maine on Friday of this week.  His plan to come here is reportedly to visit Puritan Medical Products, a manufacturer of COVID-19 testing materials, including swabs.  What has … Continue reading →

“We want the Chief,” was the persistent chant as protesters stood on the steps of the Portland Police Department in an eye-ball to eye-ball confrontation with the  long-blue line of  patrolman mute when asked if they had tear gas with … Continue reading →

The Portland Public Library will begin a phased re-opening beginning on Monday, June 1 in accordance with state and city guidelines. The first step in the reopening of the Portland Public Library is to reopen the book drops so patons … Continue reading →