PORTLAND — As the citizen initiative supporting rent stabilization heads toward the polls, local opposition has been formalized with the establishment of Say No to Rent Control. The political action committee was formed Aug. 15, according to a press release, to oppose the referendum question. “Simply put, this proposed rent control referendum is reckless and extreme,” local […]

PORTLAND — The transformation of Community Television Network, poised to become the Portland Media Center, is coming soon to a screen near you. “The name change is huge. The reason we are doing it is because it better embraces all we do here,” Lesley MacVane, who handles memberships, marketing and donors for the nonprofit, said Aug. […]

PORTLAND — The new school year is always filled with new possibility, and new challenges. That’s especially true for Talya Edlund, Maine’s 2016 Teacher of the Year, who left a job in the Cape Elizabeth schools to teach at Riverton Elementary School. Edlund will be teaching fifth-grade writing, science and social studies when classes start […]

PORTLAND — The School Department acted hastily in approving a new policy governing the ability of students to participate in sports or other extracurricular activities, Superintendent of Schools Xavier Botana said. That’s why he urged the School Board to roll back the new rules and revert to the previous policy for the school year that […]

PORTLAND — After receiving more than 3,800 entries, the city’s new ECHL professional hockey team has narrowed its potential names to five. The public can now choose between Mariners, Watchmen, Wild Blueberries, Lumberjacks and Puffins by voting at PortlandMaineHockey.com. Voting continues through Sept. 1 In an Aug. 18 press release, Portland Hockey LLC Vice President Adam Goldberg […]

PORTLAND — The fourth annual Overdose Awareness Day Vigil will be held Aug. 31 in Monument Square. As part of the global Overdose Awareness Day, the vigil includes training at 6:30 p.m. in overdose prevention and administering naloxone, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin said in a press release. Known by its Narcan trade name, naloxone reverses the effects of […]

PORTLAND — Cheverus High School canceled all student activities Monday after an employee at the private Jesuit school received an email threat over the weekend. The threat did not provide any specifics, according to Beth Hanley, the school’s acting communications director. “Out of an abundance of caution all student activities have been canceled,” she said. […]

PORTLAND — A city physician was placed on probation for three months and fined $1,000 for her failure to provide former patients’ medical records to other medical providers. Dr. Catherine Crute entered into a consent agreement with the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine and Office of the Attorney General on Aug. 8. Crute no longer actively […]