PORTLAND — Resilience is in Bayside’s future, but how to deal with potential rising sea levels has not progressed much further than ground zero. On Dec. 14, two events at Mayo Street Arts introduced the public to the new Bayside Adapts Working Group while detailing the risks and methods to mitigate what could be a sea-level […]

PORTLAND — A Windham man accused of robbing the Shaw’s supermarket at 91 Auburn St. is also being investigated in other robberies that happened over the weekend. Police Lt. Robert Martin said Monday that Joshua Nelson, 45, whose address was not released, was arrested on Congress Street at 11:36 p.m. Sunday, almost two hours after he allegedly […]

PORTLAND — What was once the largest residential property in the city could soon become one of its largest subdivisions and the first new development of single-family homes in several years. Camelot Farm at 1700 Westbrook St., where Peter and Mary Rogers raised most of their 11 children, is under contract to be sold to buyers […]

PORTLAND — Broadband digital service in the city is progressing, and may be on the cusp of a big leap forward. Councilors on Monday heard updates from City Manager Jon Jennings, Finance Director Brendan O’Connell and representatives from Sifi Networks of America on how more than 30,000 homes and 4,500 city businesses could see marked increases […]

PORTLAND — The fate of public art on the retaining wall separating the East End Trail from the Portland Water District treatment will not be settled until at least February. “I think the next step might be to gather more public information. Taking it to a committee, we are just talking amongst ourselves,” PWD Portland Trustee […]

PORTLAND — The Reiche School community this week will celebrate completion of a significant capital investment designed to serve the students and the public for years to come. The primary goal of the $800,000 project was to create a new entrance off Clark Street that not only provides elevator access to the community room and […]

PORTLAND — With the end of the year drawing near, so is the work of the city Pesticide and Fertilizer Task Force, which began meeting almost seven months ago. Given a Dec. 30 deadline by the City Council, the 12-member task force, led by Councilor Nick Mavodones Jr., will meet again at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 21 in […]

PORTLAND — Rising Tide Brewing Co. is embarking on a three-part, 6,400-square-foot expansion to meet the demand for more beer and more event space in East Bayside. Nathan Sanborn, co-founder and director of brewing operations, said the brewery has already started to move into 3,500 square feet of space formerly occupied by Greener Cleaners, next door […]

Arrests 12/4 at 4:23 a.m. Shuceyb A. Hersi, 26, of Portland, was arrested on St. James Street by Officer Christopher Gervais on charges of operating under the influence and violating conditions of release. 12/4 at 12:20 p.m. Christopher J. Bean, 46, of Portland, was arrested on Riverside Street by Officer Sara Clukey on a charge of domestic violence assault. […]