PORTLAND — After a six-month hiatus, a much-debated proposal to add a 400-seat performance hall to the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill may once again be in the public spotlight. The Friends of the St. Lawrence Church, the nonprofit group that owns and operates the center, wants to build the hall where the […]

PORTLAND — Congress Street businesses are sprucing up their appearance, thanks to a city initiative that will result in nearly $600,000 of storefront improvements. But not everyone is happy with the work being done on building facades, signs and awnings between Forest Avenue and Oak Street. The city’s Facade Improvement Program, funded by a federal […]

PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Civic Center and its former anchor tenant, the Portland Pirates professional hockey team, may re-open lease negotiations after the team on Friday said it was dropping its lawsuit against the arena. The announcement came two days after a private meeting between Neal Pratt, chairman of the Civic Center board of trustees, and Ron […]

PORTLAND — Seventy-nine new Mainers emerged from Portland Public Library as U.S. citizens after a naturalization ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20. The event, which occurs every month in Portland, featured a speech by gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine. Michaud urged the new Mainers to embrace their citizenship, get involved in local government […]

Bagpiper George Pulkkinen is illuminated by police lights as he leads a procession up Preble Street in Portland on Friday, Dec. 20, to honor 21 homeless men and women who died during the past year. The Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil, which is sponsored by the city Health and Human Services Department, Mercy Hospital, and Preble […]