The ordinance was proposed after months of complaints from business owners and residents regarding the state of the Congress Street corridor. But property owners can avoid fines if they agree to let the city install art in their vacant storefronts.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food, Life & Culture
Hot Dog Safari event comes to Portland
The day-long wiener crawl benefits The Locker Project.
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Portland’s pandemic babies start kindergarten focused on friends, monkey bars
The city’s youngest students began their academic journeys at 8 elementary schools Wednesday, which also marked the start of a new early literacy-focused ed tech program in the district’s Title I schools.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, News
King’s Head Pub opens Freeport location
The gastropub replaces the Jameson Tavern on Main Street.
Posted inBusiness, Food
Henny’s restaurant opens in Portland’s West End
The breakfast and lunch spot is open seven days a week.
Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Maine, News, Outdoors
How Mainers handle ticks, from tweezers to tape | Column
Experts say there’s only one right way to remove a tick, but what you do with it after is mostly up to you.
Posted inMaine, News
Children with MaineCare waiting several months or longer for dental surgery
Dentists say delays in treating children on MaineCare stem from low reimbursement rates for general anesthesia.
Posted inBusiness, Food
South Portland’s Fork Food Lab keeps the Maine food scene forever fresh
We look at four new food businesses coming out of the popular incubator and shared kitchen space.
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Kathleen L. McNerney
PORTLAND – Kathleen L. McNerney, 93, formerly of Buxton and Portland passed away Thursday Aug. 28, 2025, at Prince Point Facility …
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
ICE releases Ecuadorian man Border Patrol flew from Maine to Texas
Edgar Vicente Bermeo Sicha was released from ICE custody on Saturday, one day after a federal judge in Maine ordered the agency to do so, according to a status update filed with the court Monday.