PORTLAND — Interest in restoring Fort Gorges hasn’t waned, even as a request for planning proposals has stalled. “My division and the greater city is very committed to the project, even with this one piece on hold temporarily,” city Parks Director Ethan Hipple said Nov. 22. The RFP to develop a preservation plan for the Civil […]

PORTLAND — From one side of town to the other, the Other Side Delicatessen is making its presence known. Peter Sueltenfuss, owner of the the Other Side Delicatessen on Veranda Street, has leased the former Vaughan Street Variety in the city’s West End for a second location. Like the original deli, the West End business […]

PORTLAND — The School Board is seeking input on a draft policy to increase parent engagement. The board established the Parent Partnership Ad Hoc Committee in August with the goal of reviewing and revising the Portland Public Schools Parent Involvement Policy. Parents, staff and others can respond to the draft by Dec. 10 by going […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Fire Museum, 157 Spring St., will host Santa Claus from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for the next three Saturdays, Dec. 3, 10 and 17. Assistant Fire Chief Keith Gautreau said families are invited to take pictures with Santa near a 1938 McCann fire truck. The museum also has two Christmas village scenes on […]

Jeffrey Blood and his son Miles, 3, of Westfield, Massachusetts, stand in front of the Portland Christmas tree moments after it was lit Friday, Nov. 25, in Monument Square. (Dan D’Ippolito / For The Forecaster) A steady rain couldn’t dampen the holiday spirits of kids singing along with singer-songwriter Rick Charette at the Portland tree […]

PORTLAND — Arabic teacher Kifah Abdulla is an artist and writer who friends describe as a Renaissance man. But creativity has provided a lot more than pleasure to the newly naturalized U.S. citizen. Abdulla credits his imagination with helping him survive eight years as a prisoner of war in Iran during the Iraq-Iran War. In […]

PORTLAND — Police are searching for a Cumberland Avenue resident they say has been missing since Nov. 18. Evariste Munyensanga, 29, was last seen when dropped off at his apartment by a friend around 4 p.m., Police Lt. Robert Martin said in a press release. Munyensanga is 6 feet 1 inch tall, with short black hair […]

PORTLAND — A contested shift in city health-care services will be completed Jan. 1, 2017, and officials and a former critic agree the transition has been successful. The federally funded Positive Health Care program for HIV patients was one of the most enduring services at the India Street Public Health Center at 103 India St. It […]

PORTLAND — An agreement with the state will restore $1.3 million in General Assistance fund reimbursements withheld from the city in 2015. Under terms of the settlement announced Nov. 15, the city will receive most of the $1.6 million sought by its Department of Health and Human Services from the state Department of Health and Human Services. […]