PORTLAND — A Portland High School sophomore could have his artwork appear on Google’s homepage for hundreds of millions to see. Will Gordon is one of 53 regional winners the technology company selected in an annual contest. His “Google Doodle,” entitled “Wandering in the Woods,” was selected from hundreds submitted by students in Maine, according to […]

PORTLAND — The School Department’s annual Student Art Show, featuring the work of hundreds of students, is open at City Hall. The show runs through May 24 and is free and open to the public weekdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Works are on display in the first and second floor lobbies.

PORTLAND — A landmark theater in the city has its name in lights again. “It feels fantastic,” State Theatre co-owner Alex Crothers said May 3 after more than 600 marquee bulbs were energized during a spring rainstorm. “This has been on the list since we began renovating the theater in 2010.” It took 10 months of […]

PORTLAND — A 49-year-old woman received non-life threatening injuries after being shot on Parris Street Sunday morning. Police Lt. Robert Martin said the unidentified victim was shot following an argument with a suspect around 8:44 a.m, and taken to Maine Medical Center for treatment. The suspect was described as a younger white male armed with […]

PORTLAND — The long, uphill block of Congress Street from Forest to Weymouth streets will be closed to traffic beginning Monday, May 7. The closure will allow contractors to install three new floors to the visitor garage at Maine Medical Center and is expected to last until June 29, MMC spokesman Matt Wickenheiser said in a press […]

PORTLAND — The long, uphill block of Congress Street from Forest to Weymouth streets will be closed to traffic beginning Monday, May 7. The closure will allow contractors to install three new floors to the visitor garage at Maine Medical Center and is expected to last until June 29, MMC spokesman Matt Wickenheiser said in a press […]

PORTLAND — With a staffing shortage and an abundance of private-care competitors, the Mathew I. & Evelyn A. Barron Center is at a crossroads. “We tend to take on folks other facilities do not take on,” Administrator Ryan Francis said April 23 about the center’s traditional role of serving patients without private insurance through long-term care and […]

PORTLAND — Jacob Thompson not only loved Christmas and penguins, he also loved the playground on the Eastern Prom. That’s why this spring the Munjoy Hill Fire Station and the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization have joined efforts to raise money for a memorial bench in his name near the playground, a place the offers wide vistas […]