PORTLAND — Current conditions and future uses of Baxter Woods will be open for discussion at a 6 p.m. public meeting Wednesday, May 28, at Wilde Chapel at Evergreen Cemetery on Stevens Avenue. City officials will outline the history of the 30-acre preserve donated to the city almost 70 years ago by former Maine Gov. Percival […]

PORTLAND — The music swells. The background lights soften. Two characters stand alone downstage and profess their love through song. From stage left, a giant hand emerges and presses the characters together in an embrace. The hand belongs to David Worobec, a 25-year-old, classically trained singer and mastermind behind the Tophat Toy Theater – a do-it-yourself dinner theater […]

PORTLAND — The annual state report cards for Portland Public Schools are in and the results are mixed. Two elementary schools received failing grades: East End Community School (which also received an F last year) and Howard C. Reiche Community School. Only one school, Longfellow Elementary School, received an A, which was the same result […]

PORTLAND — Budget season concluded Monday night with city property taxes increasing 3 percent to a plateau some councilors and speakers called worrisome. By a 7-2 vote, with Councilors Jon Hinck and Cheryl Leeman opposed, the City Council adopted a $221 million fiscal year 2015 budget that, when combined with the education budget, will boost […]

PORTLAND — A proposed $3 million project to provide housing for veterans is moving forward on two fronts. On June 2, City Councilors are expected to have a first reading on the creation of a tax increment finance zone at 134 Washington Ave. that could net $207,000 in operating revenue over 20 years for the […]