Camp Laughing Grass provides a cannabis friendly summer destination for patrons 21 and over.
Portland Forecaster
City-wide news from The Forecaster.
Portland plans day center for homeless
The center, which would be open seven days a week and provide meals and a respite from the weather, would be paid for in part by federal coronavirus relief funding.
Things are looking up for One Longfellow Square
The popular Portland music venue, hit hard by the pandemic, will reopen this fall, 20 months after it last hosted a live show.
Neighbors want rats eradicated before Noyes Street site redeveloped
After an influx of rats, neighbors are looking for the city’s help in eradicating rats from their neighborhood.
Safer, greener redesign moves forward for Portland’s Bramhall Square
The project strives to make the small plaza a safer, more attractive place for people to spend time.
Effort underway to recall Portland Charter Commission member
The Portland Alliance for Good Government wants newly elected at-large member Nasreen Sheikh-Yousef removed.
Portland considers land swap with state
If a land swap between the city and the Maine Department of Transportation is approved, the city would receive a defunct railroad track between Deering Oaks and St. John Street, a 10-acre parcel on County Way and the parking lot next to Miss Portland Diner, and the state would gain ownership of the wharf on Cliff Island and the International Marine Terminal.
Rappellers to go Over the Edge Saturday for veterans
Veterans Count Maine, a program of Easterseals, is raising money this week with a rappelling event at 1 Canal Plaza in downtown Portland.
Talbot Community School says goodbye to two veteran literacy specialists
Literacy interventionists Maureen Lovejoy and Jennifer Rogers are retiring after spending decades teaching in Portland.
Portland police make arrest in Bayside stabbing
Assaults in other areas of the city remain under investigation.