PORTLAND — It’s a long way from Brisbane, Australia, to Portland. But for Australian Laura Blue, the journey from high school dropout to high school graduate was even more difficult and arduous. Blue is technically enrolled at Portland High School, but found her true academic home at the Portland Arts and Technology High School, or PATHS, […]

PORTLAND — Now that she’s been named Cumberland County’s best teacher, Brook Teller, who teaches chemistry at Casco Bay High School in Portland, is in the running to become Maine’s next teacher of the year. Although she came to the profession in round-about way, Teller said this week, “I can’t imagine doing anything else.” Teachers […]

PORTLAND — Benvindo Nzau, 39, a resident of Washington Avenue, came home almost four weeks after he was reported missing. “He returned home sometime this weekend. He is safe and unharmed,” Police Lt. Robert Martin said Monday. Nzau had last been seen around April 20 by his roommate, and police had feared for his mental well-being following […]

PORTLAND — Portland Buy Local is searching for a new executive director to replace Jenn Thompson, who is moving to Indiana. According to a prepared announcement, Thompson will continue to serve as an advisory board member. Portland Buy Local, established in 2006, now has more than 450 member businesses and is looking for someone to represent […]

PORTLAND — Portland Buy Local is searching for a new executive director to replace Jenn Thompson, who is moving to Indiana. According to a prepared announcement, Thompson will continue to serve as an advisory board member. Portland Buy Local, established in 2006, now has more than 450 member businesses and is looking for someone to represent […]

PORTLAND — Bridget Rauscher, the city’s Substance Use Prevention Program coordinator, is stepping into new territory. “We are building the plane as we fly,” she said May 11 as she described a new collaboration where city paramedics are riding with the Milestone Foundation’s Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement, or HOME Team, and then spending time at the […]

PORTLAND — A city man faces multiple charges in connection to a May 13 burglary spree that involved a vintage luxury car. Kevin Roenisch, 37, of 21 Merrill St., was arrested at 5:59 a.m. May 13, according to police logs. Lt. Robert Martin said he was initially arrested for allegedly breaking into an apartment on Casco Street.  […]

PORTLAND — As the second public hearings and council votes on the $345 million school and municipal budgets approach on Monday, May 15, the budget process has proved less tempestuous than the last two years. On May 4, the City Council Finance Committee unanimously recommended passage of the $105 million education budget, and slightly amended the […]

PORTLAND — The question of how a cold storage warehouse fits into the city’s western waterfront is heating up again with two public meetings scheduled for next week. On Tuesday, May 16, the Waterfront Alliance will host a 4 p.m. information session on zoning in the Waterfront Port Development Zone at Mariner’s Church, 368 Fore St. […]