A piece of city-owned land at the corner of Brighton Avenue and  Holm Avenue has been identified as the location for a new two-story homeless service center to replace the inefficient, too small and rented Oxford Street Shelter in downtown … Continue reading →

Long-time tenants are fleeing 100 Fore Street, the huge building that sits behind the new corporate headquarters for WEX on the waterfront on  Munjoy Hill.  The building is owned by Jonathan Cohen, who is the developer for WEX. Xpress Copy … Continue reading →

  Attorney General Janet Mills has won the Democratic nomination for Governor in November 2018.  She won over Adam Cote whose last minute effort to defeat her was based largely on efforts to distort her record on television ads –  … Continue reading →

Between 10:00 am and 8:00 pm, music will be filling the streets of Portland with lots of Music tomorrow, Thursday, June 21.  There will be over 60 free concerts happening at 15 public and private venues all around the city.  … Continue reading →

Late tonight the spineless Portland City Council voted 6 – 3 in opposition to a city ordinance that would increase the number of workforce housing units from 10% to 18% in order to expand the number of affordable units in … Continue reading →

The 17th annual PeaksFest is coming this weekend.  It’s a 2 l/2 day event packed full of mostly fun events to celebrate the Island community, heritage, environment, neighborhoods, spirit, businesses and lovable eccentrics.  Even after 17 years, it just keeps … Continue reading →

A small fire in a brick wall in front of a stove in the back of Otto’s kitchen, 225 Congress Street on the Hill, caused a several hour interpretation in lunch service today.  Although guests were mostly unaware of the … Continue reading →

“”We will be finishing up the new water main on Washington Avenue by the end of next week,” said Brad Cleaves, President of D&C Construction this afternoon. “That will be on Friday, June 29th,” he said.  Importantly, that’s the day … Continue reading →

Seafood is expected to be one of the products targeted by Chinese officials for additional tariffs should Trump proceed with his latest tariffs according to a front page article in today’s “New York Times” entitled “US and China Exchange Tariffs … Continue reading →

Michael Landgarten is no stranger to the restaurant business.  He’s been in the business all of his adult life he said early this afternoon as he was at his newest seafood venue at the corner of Cumberland and Washington Avenues … Continue reading →