PORTLAND — Despite a storm that dumped 10 inches of snow on the city the night before, anti-abortion demonstrators were out in force along Congress Street Friday morning, Dec. 28 – as they have been every Friday since the summer. They expect to be back this week, too, when a downtown business owner hopes to […]

PORTLAND — Beginning this week and continuing through January, the School Department and its architecture and engineering consultants will hold a series of public charrettes to discuss ideas for improving the city’s elementary school buildings. At each of the charrettes, Oak Point Associates will share an overview of project goals. After participants have the opportunity […]

PORTLAND — Students who spent several weeks studying waste water and treatment concepts will present a video on the importance of the subject on Friday, Jan. 4. The showing will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the King Middle School Library, 92 Deering Ave. The video was created by Jill Roland and Dave Grant’s seventh-grade class as […]

PORTLAND — The city will unveil a proposal next week for improving pedestrian safety at Cutter Street and the Eastern Promenade. City planners are working to redesign the intersection and reduce its width so that vehicle traffic is better controlled and pedestrians can cross more safely. The current crosswalk at Cutter Street stretches for 100 feet […]