PORTLAND — It may not be imminent, but City Manager Jon Jennings sees highly automated vehicles in the city’s transportation future. With the city participating in a pilot project with the consulting firm INRIX to map the features, contours, signals and signs along Franklin and Commercial streets, Jennings in a public forum held Sept. 27 at the […]

PORTLAND — The School Board is reviewing current and projected enrollment and programming needs against current facility use. As part of this process, the School Department is conducting an online community survey. The short questionnaire is available at www.portlandschools.org through Oct. 31. The survey, which is offered in multiple languages, asks respondents to list their priorities for […]

PORTLAND — Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Parish is holding a Latino Festival starting at noon Saturday, Oct. 6. All are welcome to attend the event, which will be held in the parish hall at 65 Mellen St.. In addition to games for children, handmade crafts and live music, there will also be a wide variety of Central and […]

PORTLAND — A popular skating pond near Deering High School will continue to double as a drier wildlife habitat in warmer weather. “There is absolutely room for both things,” city Parks Director Ethan Hipple said Monday, a day before a public meeting on pond management was held at the high school. Ludlow Pond, which sits off Ludlow […]

PORTLAND — Mayor Ethan Strimling spent part of Tuesday morning urging students at Deering High School to register to vote. He was there in support of a nationwide initiative designed to get young people to register in advance of this fall’s election. Strimling said his hope is to create a lifelong routine of voting in local […]

PORTLAND — At around $900 a year, or about $80 a month for one child, the cost of diapers is a big hit for families also struggling to put food on the table and pay other essential costs. The high cost also means that one in three U.S. mothers struggles with diaper need, according to the […]

PORTLAND — Teacher Mallory Haar at Casco Bay High School is on a roll. Haar has recently won three distinguished awards for outstanding teaching. The latest is a $15,000 Lawrence W. O’Toole Teacher Leadership Award. She also won this year’s Common Good Award in the field of education from Bowdoin College and a Fulbright Teachers for […]

PORTLAND — Police are searching for a white male they believe stabbed a 33-year-old woman Sunday night at Congress Square Park. Police Cmdr. James Sweatt said the stabbing occurred around 9:53 p.m. The unidentified victim was taken to Maine Medical Center and treated for injuries considered to be non life-threatening, Sweatt said. The suspect was last […]