PORTLAND — Ferry service between the city and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is expected to resume this summer, using a high-speed catamaran leased from the U.S. Navy. The lease agreement was announced Thursday by U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent, and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. “Portland’s working waterfront makes a big contribution to our local economy, […]

PORTLAND — A local cab driver suing the city for discrimination is asking a federal judge to rule in his favor without a trial. Paul McDonough asked U.S. District Court Judge Jon Levy for summary judgment on his claim the city violated his equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution by refusing to […]

PORTLAND — Twenty-five years have zipped by for Becky Rand, but a blink of the eye to her has become a tradition to local diners. “It was great, surprising to get there,” she said March 18 about celebrating 25 years serving meals at Becky’s Diner. What could have been seen as desperate move by Rand has […]

PORTLAND — David Anderson, 36, the first homicide victim in the city this year, died of a gunshot wound to the chest March 15. Mark Belserene of the state Office of Chief Medical Examiner revealed the manner of death Tuesday, a week after Anderson died at 88 Gilman St. in a building operated by Shalom House. Police […]

PORTLAND — Following opposition from neighborhood residents, city officials are revising a request for proposals to develop the vacant Thomas B. Reed School. In a letter to City Manager Jon Jennings, Senior Planner Christine Grimando said planners want to modify the RFP process. The city issued requests for qualifications last summer, and received responses from […]

PORTLAND — Weekday parking on the entrance road to Evergreen Cemetery will be severely restricted beginning April 4. “I want to bring Evergreen back to its majestic nature; it should be viewed as solemn,” City Manager Jon Jennings said March 14 about his decision, which does not require City Council approval, to ban parking in all […]

PORTLAND — The unexpected suicide of a student earlier this month rocked the Waynflete School community, and was the private school’s second this academic year. In a public message posted to a website associated with the school, Head of School Geoff Wagg wrote that Beata Vest, a Cumberland resident and a student in the Upper […]

PORTLAND — Four scoops of very simple foods may not sound like much, but for students at Deering High School, it was a very ambitious project. On Friday, March 18, hundreds of students crowded into the school’s gym to pack more than a quarter of a million meals to send to countries facing food insecurity. […]