Yesterday Congressional Arts Co-chairs Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) led more than 120 of their colleagues in urging President Trump to restore National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant funding approved by the Congress. The bipartisan … Continue reading →

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29,  landed back in the US in Tennessee late this afternoon.  He was mistakenly deported to a gulag in El Salvador by the Trump administtion earlier this year.  According to one Trump administrtion official, Garcia was “mistakenly” … Continue reading →

You are urged to attend the NO KINGS NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE on Flag Day, June 14th.  The rally will take place at Lincoln Park from 12 noon to 1:30 pm, in Portland. Instead of allowing the millitary parade and … Continue reading →

You are invited to attend an educational conference on Alzheimer’s in Portland on Wednesday, June 11th.  The conference runs from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Portland Regency Hotel & Spa, 20 Milk Street.  The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America … Continue reading →

Portland High School, one of the oldest operating public high schools in the United States, held its 204th graduation exercises on Wednesday, June 4th at Merrill  Auditorium.  The late morning ceremony included remarks by Superintendent Ryan Scallon, Portand High School … Continue reading →

Portland Police responded to a report of a stabbing in the area of Cumberland Avenue and Preble Sreet on Wedneday, June 4, 2025 at 6:04 am.  Upon arrival, police found a 41 year old homeless male with a laceration on … Continue reading →

On Monday, June 2, 2025 at approximately 5:10 am., the Lewiston Police Department responded to a residence on Old Green Road in Lewiston for a death investigation. The deceased has now been identified as Melisa Douglas, 42, of Lewiston.  The … Continue reading →

Ground level ozone concentrations are expected to reach the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” (USG) level according to Air Quality Meterorolgists at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in a press release issued late this afternoon. Ozone is expected to reach … Continue reading →

Do you have an item or two that need repairing or fixing?  If so, you may find the assistance you need at an upcoming Repair Meeting at Congress Square Park in downtown Porland.  The first of a summer series starts … Continue reading →

On Thursday, May 29,  2025, at 7:02 pm. the Portland Police Department’s Crime Reduction Unit was working the area of Portland Street and Forest Avenue when they observed a male remove what appeared to be a small baggie of drugs … Continue reading →