Tue, Jun 18, 2013 ●
Bath • Harpswell • Topsham • Brunswick • Cumberland • North Yarmouth • Falmouth • Freeport • Portland • Cape Elizabeth • Scarborough • South Portland • Chebeague Island • Yarmouth

News in Portland

Letter: Portland should reject tar-sands oil

I am writing in support of a policy currently being considered by the Portland City Council that would direct the city to only purchase and use fuel for city-owned vehicles that come from oil refineries that do not process tar sands. The tar sands policy is part of a larger environmental performa...

• Opinion •
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 9:20 am

Westbrook woman's death in Portland ruled a homicide

PORTLAND — A woman found dead in a vehicle at a motel Thursday afternoon has been identified as Margarita Fisenko Scott, 29, of Westbrook. After an autopsy by the state medical examiner, police said Scott's death was a homicide, the first in the city this year. The cause of deat...

News •
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 8:30 am

Police investigating 'suspicious' death at Portland motel

PORTLAND — Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was discovered Thursday afternoon in a vehicle parked at a Riverside Street motel, near the Westbrook border. The body was discovered at Motel 6 at about 3:30 p.m, and police are treating the death as "suspicious," C...

News •
Friday, January 18, 2013 at 2:10 pm

From hot to not: Sussman, Hampton Inn projects put on hold in Portland

PORTLAND — Two proposed redevelopment projects in the India Street neighborhood have taken dramatic turns in the past week. Billionaire hedge-fund manager Donald Sussman put plans on hold to construct a 60-foot-tall condominium complex between Hampshire and Franklin streets. A...

William Hall • News •
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 3:50 pm

MLK Jr. Day to again be marked in Portland without LePage, King memorial

PORTLAND — This year's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the city includes gospel music, discussions of social justice and the traditional community-wide breakfast, being held for the 32nd year on Jan. 21. Not included is Gov. Paul LePage, who for the first time was not in...

William Hall • News •
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Portland health center gets federal funds

PORTLAND — The Portland Community Health Center will receive just over $680,000 in federal funding to expand its services, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said Tuesday. The center, at 180 Park Ave., provides primary medical and mental health care to about 3,000 area residents on ...

News •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Portland library offers FAFSA, resume help

PORTLAND — Students who need help applying for financial aid or developing a resume before May can get assistance at the Portland Public Library through an Americorps program. Starting this month and running through the May deadline, individuals who need help filling out the Fre...

News •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11:50 am

X's, O's and $'s: Portland tech start-up links consumers, advertisers

PORTLAND — A start-up technology company that includes School Board Chairwoman Kate Snyder has updated a classic pencil-and-paper game to market businesses to tech-savvy consumers. Snyder, her husband Colin, and their Kenwood Street neighbor Bob Bruce make up Zylo Media, which rolled...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11:40 am

After-school learning in Portland, Biddeford gets $2.4M boost

PORTLAND — A grant from the Maine Department of Education will fund LearningWorks after-school progra...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11:20 am

Council committee picks first woman for Portland city attorney

PORTLAND — A City Council search committee has named Danielle West-Chuhta to fill the position of corporation counsel for the city, the first woman selected to become the city's top attorney, Mayor Michael Brennan announced Tuesday. West-Chuhta has been serving in an interim role sin...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11:20 am
Read More . . . »