PORTLAND — Kelly Benson practices and preaches calm and inner strength, but Maine Attorney General Janet Mills has sounded the alarm. Both are seeking the same thing: the end of substance abuse disorders caused initially by legally obtained prescription opiates, often prescribed for pain management. “The increase in overdose deaths has made prescribing protocols a law […]

PORTLAND — The Public Art Committee will again discuss final revisions to rules governing temporary public art displays at its 4 p.m. meeting Wednesday at the Portland Public Library. The revisions are largely centered on public notification about applications for exhibits in place for no more than a year. They will be forwarded in a communication to […]

PORTLAND — Seventh-graders at King Middle School answered the call when the Department of Environmental Protection asked quite the chore of them. The DEP asked the students to build 35 submersible, remotely operated vehicles to investigate invasive aquatic plants, and the students spent last fall perfecting the devices. Pamela Porensky, a math teacher at the […]

PORTLAND — Anna Blash went looking for a man named Lewis at the Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal Monday. He wasn’t there, but wherever he was, he was probably warmer thanks to Blash. Blash, 32, is a writer who also works “odd jobs,” and has lived on Peaks Island since March. A job she took about […]

PORTLAND — Some students at Catherine McAuley High School will now be able to get a head start on their college educations. McAuley, which will sever its religious affiliation this summer, has signed a partnership with the University of New England to allow qualified students to earn up to 30 college transfer credits while still […]