PORTLAND — A major sailing event will make its Portland debut next week. The Atlantic Cup, now in its fifth year, is an offshore sailing race held on the East Coast each spring. It features nine boats raced by teams of two, representing six countries. Presented by 11th Hour Racing, the Atlantic Cup will be making […]

PORTLAND — Xavier Botana, the city’s next superintendent of schools, wants to come to Maine, in part, to provide “stability and leadership” to the district. “I’m excited to have the opportunity,” Botana said Friday. “I’m very much looking forward to it.” Botana, 53, is coming from the Michigan City (Indiana) Area Schools, where he has […]

PORTLAND — Julia Hansen decided to do something to bring awareness to mental illness after she lost two of her closest friends to suicide within six months. Hansen, a 16-year-old student at Waynflete School, created the Yellow Tulip Project. she said she was “left in a state of complete hopelessness” after two of her friends took […]

PORTLAND — Two new exhibits at city landmarks will be introduced during the June 3 First Friday Art Walk. Each project venerates city history in its own way. At 3 p.m., 12 interpretive panels will go on display at Fort Allen on the Eastern Promenade, capping a restoration project that began three years ago. Judith Hoffman’s […]

PORTLAND — Three Democrats are competing in the June 14 Democratic primary in state House District 40. Herb Adams, of 231 State St., Anna L. Kellar, of 244 State St., and Rachel Talbot Ross, of 39 Washburn Ave., all hope to replace current Democratic Rep. Ben Chipman. Chipman just completed his third term and is running for the […]

PORTLAND — The School Board will likely recommend that the City Council endorse borrowing $70 million for repairs to four elementary schools. The board is set to have a first reading of the bond proposal at its June 7 meeting, followed by a vote to recommend it to the council on June 21. Reiche, Lyseth, […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices on Wednesday unanimously decided not to investigate further and ethics complaint lodged against Rep. Ben Chipman. “We knew all along the ethics commission would reject the complaint,” Chipman said. A Democrat now serving House District 40, Chipman is a candidate in the June 14 primary for the Senate […]

Volunteers help move an 800-pound wooden statue of Bigfoot to the International Cryptozoology Museum at Thompson’s Point in Portland. A statue of Bigfoot that was moved to the Crypozoology Museum in Portland Friday is over 8 feet tall and was named Elwood by the museum’s founder, Loren Coleman. A new statue of Bigfoot will sit […]