Governor Janet T. Mills, announced last month that she has appointed Attorney Gordon Smith, EXecutive Director of the Maine Medical Association, to serve as the Director of the Opioid Response in her administration. The newly created position, will be housed … Continue reading →

What’s Trump up to now? Is this another gift to Putin? Will it lead to another war? Pundits are still trying to make sense of Trump’s latest move and what it’s intended or unintended consequences may be. That’s because late … Continue reading →

“We’d been open for only five minutes this morning before we sold our first knife,” said Evan Atwell, owner of the new STRATA, a cutlery & whetstone sharpening business at the Black Box containers at 93 Washington Avenue, on Munjoy … Continue reading →

Today, the Maine senate overwhelmingly confirmed nine (9) of Governor Mills’ cabinet nominees including: Administration and Financial Services; Transportation, Labor; Economic and Community Development; Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; Marine Resources; Environmental Protection and Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, as well … Continue reading →

Cyrus Hagge, a wealthy Munjoy Hill resident, has submitted a site plan application for the construction of a four story building at 121 Cassidy Point Drive. The proposal is to demolish an existing building and add a structure with a … Continue reading →

The City of Portland has announced there will be another city-wide parking ban for tonight, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 starting at 10:00 pm and ending at 6:00 am tomorrow morning. Vehicles parked on the street may be towed at the … Continue reading →

The City of Portland has just announced there is a city-wide parking ban in place for this evening, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 and ending as usual tomorrow morning, Thursday, January 31, at 6:00 am. Vehicles left on the streets after … Continue reading →

US Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) introduced a bill today to withhold pay from members of Congress, the President and the Vice President, during a government shutdown. The Solidarity in Salary Act of 2019, to prevent and limit the duration of … Continue reading →

There is an abundance of empty office space in Portland and an insufficient supply of housing. So the developers of 50 Monument Square, the Lancaster Building, have filed an application with Portland to convert the upper floors into market rate … Continue reading →