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 […]

PORTLAND — The first-ever Maine Women’s Conference is designed to bring  women together from all walks of life and inspire and empower them “to assume new and expanded roles in the workforce, (their) lives and communities,” according to organizers. The all-day event will be held Wednesday, May 9, at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in […]

PORTLAND — Construction could start at Lyseth Elementary School by next February after the School Board agreed to make it the first of four elementary schools in the city to undergo renovations. Also at its April 24 meeting, the School Board unanimously renamed Hall Elementary in honor of Amanda C. Rowe, a longtime nurse at the […]

PORTLAND — Sidney Bast had a wide grin on her face as she wheeled herself to the penalty box April 27. “I expect nothing less,” she said as the quad, or wheelchair, rugby game resumed without her at the University of New England Finley Recreation Center basketball court. Flagged for illegal use of hands during a game […]

PORTLAND—Bulldog Reilly O’Brien tallied eight goals versus visiting Westbrook on Thursday afternoon, April 26, leading his boys to victory 14-5 in the end. “They’ve got a good club there, Portland; tip your hat to them,” Westbrook head coach Pete Lyons said. “Hopefully we improve and give them a better tussle when we play them again, […]

PORTLAND—Bulldog Reilly O’Brien tallied eight goals versus visiting Westbrook on Thursday afternoon, April 26, leading his boys to victory 14-5 in the end. “They’ve got a good club there, Portland; tip your hat to them,” Westbrook head coach Pete Lyons said. “Hopefully we improve and give them a better tussle when we play them again, […]

PORTLAND — As the weather warms, Michaela McVetty fears another summer of discontent on city streets. “I am genuinely scared … I have been operating in Portland for several years, and it has been getting significantly worse each year,” McVetty said in an April 21 email. McVetty, the owner of Sisters Gourmet Deli in Monument Square, […]

PORTLAND — As the weather warms, Michaela McVetty fears another summer of discontent on city streets. “I am genuinely scared … I have been operating in Portland for several years, and it has been getting significantly worse each year,” McVetty said in an April 21 email. McVetty, the owner of Sisters Gourmet Deli in Monument Square, […]

PORTLAND — As the weather warms, Michaela McVetty fears another summer of discontent on city streets. “I am genuinely scared … I have been operating in Portland for several years, and it has been getting significantly worse each year,” McVetty said in an April 21 email. McVetty, the owner of Sisters Gourmet Deli in Monument Square, […]

PORTLAND — City councilors Thursday will look at the $112 million fiscal year 2019 education budget. Finance committee members from the Board of Education and City Council will hold a joint public hearing on the proposed budget, approved April 12 by a 7-1 School Board vote. Council Finance Committee members have expressed mixed views of […]