PORTLAND — LearningWorks, the city-based nonprofit providing services in Cumberland and York counties, has received a grant of just over $1 million from the U.S. Department of Labor for its Youth Building Alternatives program. The grant was announced Aug. 24 in an agency press release. “We are overjoyed to receive new funding for YBA. This program is […]

PORTLAND — There is no typical day for a downtown cadet, the Police Department interns charged with maintaining the city’s reputation as safe, clean and welcoming. The cadets work the core downtown area of the city five days a week from Memorial Day to Columbus Day, assisting the regular police patrols with making sure that all of […]

PORTLAND — As school gets underway this week many local students will be headed back to class with all the supplies they need, thanks to a long-running program at Unum. For the 10th year in a row employees at Unum gathered recently to stuff more than 5,000 new backpacks with all the school supplies a student could […]

PORTLAND — As school gets underway this week many local students will be headed back to class with all the supplies they need, thanks to a long-running program at Unum. For the 10th year in a row employees at Unum gathered recently to stuff more than 5,000 new backpacks with all the school supplies a student could […]

PORTLAND — A Cumberland County Jail inmate who authorities said walked off his jail work-release job Tuesday was arrested about nine hours later. Larry P. Goodwin, 41, of Seattle, walked away from a job at 158 Fore St. around 9:30 a.m., according to a press release from jail spokesman Wayne Pike. He was apprehended about 6:30 p.m. at […]

PORTLAND — A pair of Aug. 20 fires heavily damaged an Oakdale home and forced a Congress Street restaurant to close. Assistant Fire Chief Keith Gautreau said a kitchen fire at Otto Pizza at 576 Congress St. was received around 10 a.m. Sunday. The fire was contained quickly in the exhaust and duct work, but […]

PORTLAND — A Massachusetts man accused of shooting a man on Preble Street in May was indicted Aug. 14. on a charge of attempted murder. William R. Ficklin, 32,was also indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on charges of elevated aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and possession of […]

PORTLAND — WEX is coming, and two referendum questions are likely to be added to the Nov. 7 ballot. In two meetings Monday afternoon and evening, the City Council unanimously approved the $3.3 million sale of a portion of city land on Thames Street to 0 Hancock Street LLC, which will lease 90 percent of a […]

PORTLAND — WEX is coming, and two referendum questions are likely to be added to the Nov. 7 ballot. In two meetings Monday afternoon and evening, the City Council unanimously approved the $3.3 million sale of a portion of city land on Thames Street to 0 Hancock Street LLC, which will lease 90 percent of a […]