The District 1 meeting scheduled for tonight has just been cancelled according to a press release issued by the city of Portland.  The annual meeting will be rescheduled.  No reason was given for the change. The meeting was to have … Continue reading →

According to the city’s unofficial count, Kathleen Snyder was elected Mayor of Portland in yesterday’s mayoral election.  She earned 7,119 votes in the election to take the top spot. Coming in second place was city councilor Spencer R. Thibodeau, with … Continue reading →

“Follow the research and not the rhetoric,” Governor Janet T. Mills, the first women Governor of Maine, told the standing room only crowd at the Gulf of Maine 2050 International Symposium, Portland today in her comments that opened the week-long … Continue reading →

Portland will be the site of the 2020 Summer Meeting of the National Governor’s Association (NGA) according to a joint announcement made today by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, chair of the NGA, and Maine’s Governor Janet T. Mills. From August … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills, the first women Governor of the State of Maine, is urging Maine voters to go to the poles on Tuesday and approve Question One to authorize $105 million in general obligation bonds for critical transportation projects … Continue reading →

“We will use this money to improve our turbines and all of our technology,” said John Ferland, President & Chief Operations Officer for Ocean Renewal Power Company, “ORPC,” of the almost $4 M it was awarded by the Department of … Continue reading →

Portland Police want to alert the public to a rash of commercial burglaries in Portland. While there are similarities in the crimes, it is too early to determine if they are being perpetrated by the same individual(s) according to a … Continue reading →

Today, Thursday, October 31, 2019 is the last day to vote absentee in person at city hall for the upcoming November Mayoral election.  The Clerk’s office will stay open until 7:00 pm to accommodate voters.  The voting is taking place … Continue reading →

Mercy Hospital has filed a General Application Document with the city’s planning department at city hall.  Called “Phase 2”, the Hospital expansion is planned for the Fore River development site with construction to begin early in 2020, pending city site … Continue reading →

Paul Lavin, Assistant Director for the Maine Ethics Commission, said late this afternoon that the two complaints filed in the upcoming Mayoral election would not be considered by the Commission until after the election. The Augusta-based Commission had been expected … Continue reading →