News in Portland

Abby's Road: My son explains it all

My son is almost 19 months old. Recently, he was trying to bite my kneecap as I bent down to put away some folded laundry. I turned to him and I said: “Son, what is up?” This was his answer: “What is up? You are up. The stairs are up. The kitchen stools are up. I l...

• Opinion •

Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:20 am

Short Relief: Portland should tap street-corner labor pool

I was relatively lucky to graduate from law school in 1986. The U.S. economy and employment rates were growing. Law firms were expanding and hiring, and increasing the opportunities for all law graduates. I took a job working for the federal government in Washington, D.C. By the early 1990...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •

Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:00 am

Man rescued from water near Ocean Gateway in Portland

PORTLAND — Police, firefighters and a taxi driver rescued a man who fell into the water near Ocean Gateway marine terminal along the Portland waterfront late Tuesday night, City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said Wednesday.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 10:30 am

Albert Brenner Glickman, 79: Well-known philanthropist

PORTLAND — Albert Brenner Glickman, 79, died peacefully April 27. He was known as a family man, philanthropist and business leader. Born in Portland, Glickman was raised by his widowed mother Mildred Brenner. Brenner later married Joe Glickman and the family moved to Cali...

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 1:20 pm

Hotel's Portland plaza proposal remains divisive

PORTLAND — Eight months after a previous design was rejected, a City Council committee got a look last week at a new proposal for developing public space in Congress Square Plaza. But regardless of the revised design, interviews this week showed that the proposal continues to polariz...

William Hall • News •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 1:20 pm

Portland school budget raises taxes 3.7%

PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday formally received a proposed $97.9 million budget for the School Department. The spending plan for fiscal 2014 is about $3.7 million more than this year's budget, and is based on raising the portion of property taxes that fund the schools by 3.69...

William Hall • News •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 11:30 am

Portland business brings composting to the masses

PORTLAND — Tyler Frank believes garbage bags may someday be obsolete. The Vesper Street resident is one of the founders of Garbage to Garden, a community-based curbside composting service that was launche...

William Hall • News •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 11:00 am

Video game 'firefighters' rise to the 'Call of Duty' in Portland

PORTLAND — In a small waterfront office, two programmers are working on some of the biggest titles on the video game market. Wade Brainerd and Michael Vance work as a team for Activision, one of the world's largest game publishers, in a state that is mostly alien to the industry....

Dylan Martin • News •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 9:50 am

Balancing act: Bikes, cars compete for Portland streets

PORTLAND — It's a sure sign of spring: bicycle riders, from kids wobbling on their first two-wheelers to Spandex-clad athletes on high-tech racing machines, once again occupy city streets. This year, several initiatives are making Portland a more bike-friendly place for cyclists....

William Hall • News •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 9:30 am

Schools get revised city history guide from landmarks group

PORTLAND — A new edition of "The City is a Classroom," published by Greater Portland Landmarks, gives third-grade teachers a new way to explore the city for their Portland teaching units. Jen Pollick, the education program manager for Landmarks, said the organization worked with a gr...

Amber Cronin • News •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 9:10 am