PORTLAND — Keith Gautreau, who has served as acting fire chief since the spring, was named to the post permanently Sept. 21. The appointment was announced by City Manager Jon Jennings. Gauteau, a member of the Fire Department since 1995, replaces former Chief David Jackson, who retired March 31. Gautreau has been an instructor at the […]

PORTLAND — City Manager Jon Jennings will serve as moderator at a 5 p.m. public forum on the use of highly automated vehicles on city streets. The forum will be held at the East End Community School, 195 North St. Panelists will include John Branding, government and external affairs director of BMW Group; AAA of Northern […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Public Library will host an event encouraging people to become more active citizens 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29. Civic Saturday will include a talk by Eric Liu, founder and CEO of Citizen University. The university is a nonprofit with a mission to foster a more responsible and empowered citizenry. […]

Retired Portland firefighter Arthur Best waves to onlookers from his seat as grand marshal of the 55th annual Maine State Federation of Firefighters parade Saturday, Sept. 22, on Congress Street. The parade helped celebrate the 250th year of the Portland Fire Department; Best served from 1950-1974, and the 1932 McCann Chevrolet Pumper he rode in […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council must work through more details before an ordinance on medical marijuana can go forward. The Council unanimously passed a first reading on regulating medical marijuana retail businesses last month, but before it can advance, the proposed ordinance will have to be considered in a workshop to define setbacks, as […]

PORTLAND — City councilors had much to discuss during Monday’s 3 1/2-hour meeting. Much of what they talked about will come up again next month and in November, since votes on two of three items considered were postponed. With Councilor Justin Costa absent and Councilor Spencer Thibodeau recusing himself, councilors approved a zoning amendment that will […]

PORTLAND — New housing and commercial developments could be subject to impact fees in three areas under a proposed ordinance that will be reviewed by the Planning Board at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. Projects that add new residential units, expand square footage or change the use of a building could be assessed fees to help […]

PORTLAND — The new Lower School at Waynflete is a learning laboratory where students can engage in deep inquiry, Head of School Geoff Wagg said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Sept. 14. “This day represents decades of hopes and dreams,” Wagg said last week, while calling the new building “much more than bricks and mortar.” The […]

PORTLAND — Portland Arts and Technology High School will be the first career and technical school in the state to offer its students training in cybersecurity. The goal, according to Kevin Stilphen, director at PATHS, is for students to learn the “principles of risk management, security architecture, incident handling, disaster recovery, and secure systems administration,” among […]