PORTLAND — Police Chief James Craig plans to announce a new strategy today for taming rowdiness in the Old Port, a problem that he concedes has affected the city for years. Doormen and bartenders are being asked to use cell phone texts to alert other bars and police when they encounter anyone who is unruly […]

Jon Brown, a 52-year-old ex-convict who tried to murder someone in the 1980s, now is accused of trying to kill the man who helped to raise him. Brown was charged formally Wednesday with aggravated attempted murder, elevated aggravated assault and robbery. His bail was set at $500,000. He is being held in the Cumberland County […]

A group of leaders from the government, business and nonprofit sectors plan to gather at noon at the Portland Public Library today to discuss ways of addressing Greater Portland’s poverty problem.

A substance-abuse prevention group offers Cumberland County police agencies tools to help detect and break up underage parties.

Workers will try to keep lanes in both directions open, but the lanes will be narrow and traffic will be slowed.