Today students at Bowdoin College held a vigil for Brown University shooting victims and called for action on gun safety from national and state political leaders. One week ago on December 13, a gunmanopened fire in an academic building as … Continue reading →

A federal judge today ordered the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to preliminarily halt changes to its Continium of Care grant program — the largest resource for federal homelessness assistance funding – after a coalition of states … Continue reading →

You are invited to attend a Vigil and Rally to remember the lives lost in the shooting at Brown University last weekend.  The Gathering is on Saturday, December 20, at noon at 320 Church Road, Brunswick; tomorrow. There will be … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ranking Member on the House Interior and Environment Subcommittee, condemned the White House’s announcement that the board of the Kennedy Center voted to rename the building the “Trump-Kennedy Center” and released the following statement: “The Kennedy … Continue reading →

At its December 15, 2025 meeting, the Portland City Council unanimously voted to expand the range of services funded through the City’s Opioid Settlement Funds (OSF) in response to the nationwide opioid crisis and its impact in Maine.  The vote … Continue reading →

YOU ARE invited to attend a vigil tomorrow, Friday, December 19, at 4:30 pm., to remember the friends from the Greater Portland homeless community who have died this year.  The gathering will meet in front of the MaineHealth-Preble Street Learning … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 4:37 am., the Patten Fire Department responded to a commercial building fire at 6 Main Street in Patten. When the fire department arrived, the building, the Outback Garage, was  fully engulfed.  Two tenants who … Continue reading →

Fire investigators believe the deceased in the Palermo fire tragedy to be Gary Crane, Sr., 64, of Leeman Arm Road.  Positive identification will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examinder.  His son, Gary Crane, 45,  remains in … Continue reading →

A new, national public awareness campaign launched yesterday to ensure US servicemembers are prepared, protected, and empowered to obey lawful order, refuse illegal orders and access legal resources to know the difference. The effort, spearheaded by DEFIANCE.org and WhistleblowerAid.org comes … Continue reading →

Fire investigators have recovered a deceased individual this morning from the fire scene located at Leeman Arm Road in Palermo.  The body has been transported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta for positive identification and determination of … Continue reading →