“We are on the frontier of integrating with this community,” John Herrigel told Frank Collins, his electrician earlier this week.  In other words, this is “Ground Zero.”  John’s oyster bar is across Portland Street from the Back Bay Grill and … Continue reading →

Bias in a survey of 800 businesses about a proposed paid sick day ordinance was the focus of a city committee meeting this evening.  The meeting was that of the Health & Human Services Committee, Councilor Belinda Ray, Chair.  The … Continue reading →

Adam Cote, Democratic candidate for Governor of Maine is a hypocrite.  Let me tell you why! Peter Carpenter, a California-based insurance executive and long-time contributor to the Republican party, has just donated $25,000. to the campaign of Adam Cote.  Cote … Continue reading →

“I’m very happy. I like Portland a lot.  It got quite windy out there.  It was almost 20 knots out there today,”  said Catherine Pourre, skipper and owner of the French Erandil moments before she and her co-skipper Pietro Luciana … Continue reading →

The French yacht Earendil continues to take the top spot in the 6th edition of the Atlantic Cup in Casco Bay with 68 points at the end of todays race. Still battling for second place in the Atlantic Cup are … Continue reading →

It was a perfect setting for a press conference for the upcoming primary Tuesday, June 12.  Nothing can beat the tranquil setting of Fort Allen Park on Munjoy Hill.  The sun was peeking through the overcast sky. A group of … Continue reading →

Final preparations for Leg 3 of the 6th edition of the Atlantic Cup were underway all day today at the Maine Wharf – some of  the nine members of the Class 40 fleet were finding their way up to Hamilton … Continue reading →

“The message for Kids’ Day is to educate them about the ocean and how to care for it,” said Dave Rearick, Director of the Kids’ Program today at the Maine Wharf, Portland.  About three hundred (300) students from Hall and … Continue reading →

“We want to make it one of the neatest spots on Congress Street,” said architect Evan Carroll, before the Historic Preservation Board at city hall last night.  And chances of that happening are getting more real all the time. The … Continue reading →

Late last week Judge Lance Walker of the Maine Superior Court ruled that the effort of the Board of Harbor Commissioners to impose excessive and unjustified fee increases on “The Cat” will not stand.  That’s because the Portland Pilots  failed … Continue reading →