The Maine Oyster Company has announced plans to open up an oyster bar in Bayside; plans call for the oyster bar to open September 1st.  Bring It On! This is a family operation that began two years ago with a … Continue reading →

A two-alarm fire was quickly extinguished in mid-afternoon today.  The fire was at 41 Alder Street, in Bayside.  The  home had recently been renovated and a new tenant had just moved in. The two-alarm fire was called because of the … Continue reading →

There are two parades tomorrow Monday, 28, 2018 that will mark Memorial Day.  One is in the morning and the other in the afternoon. The first parade is sponsored by the City of Portland and the Harold T. Andrews 17 … Continue reading →

“Sea kayaks are for the adventuresome,” said Harley Lewin, owner of Nanuo Kayaking, yesterday afternoon as a rain storm pounded the roof of The Shop on Maine Wharf.  After watching a short video of  experienced kayakers around the world dueling … Continue reading →

As Munjoy Hill’s young students at the East End Community School head into the summer season, there is a need for summer clothing to help carry them through the season and into the fall. The need for summer clothing runs … Continue reading →

Mona Bector has been hired as the new Assistant City Manager to the city’s manager Jon Jennings.  She is replacing current Deputy City Manager Anita LaChance.  Ms. Bector begins on Tuesday, May 29th. Ms. Bector has more than twelve (12) … Continue reading →

Infused with presidential history everywhere you look is a new upscale bar – Sagamore Hill Lounge – scheduled to open on Friday, June 1st.  Sagamore Hill, New York,  was the summer home of the 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt. In … Continue reading →

Attorneys for Ocean State Job Lot, a large store in the Route 1 Falmouth Shopping Center, and attorneys for Joe Soley/Jonathan Cohen were supposed to have appeared in court this morning to square off on an eviction notice the Portland … Continue reading →

Joe Dasco met with a handful of interested parties late this afternoon to present his proposal for a hotel/condominium complex to replace the former Rufus Deering Lumber Company, at 383 Commercial Street.  The neighborhood meeting is required by the city … Continue reading →

Charlie Therrien, President of Mercy Hospital, led a community conversation on May 16, 2018 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Cathedral, State Street, in which he told the sixty (60) or so attending the status of plans – the relocation of Mercy … Continue reading →