PORTLAND — A $3,300 donation by the family of a school teacher means students at Fred P. Hall Elementary School will receive free breakfasts through the end of the school year. The money was received by Kathy St. Clair, a Hall Elementary School teacher, from several of her family members. St. Clair’s brother Roy St. Clair, […]

PORTLAND — While moving ahead on a reggae festival and a study to convert State and High streets to two-way traffic, City Councilors on Monday also delayed final action on the denial of a liquor license for Sangillo’s Tavern. Councilors in a 5-4 vote on April 7 denied the license renewal for the bar at […]

PORTLAND — A retired teacher will receive a 2014 Real Heroes award from the American Red Cross on Wednesday, April 30. Janice Parker, a daily volunteer at Longfellow Elementary School, was nominated by school staff for her “courage, kindness, and unselfish character,” according to a news release from the School Department. Parker, who retired three […]

PORTLAND — Cumberland Avenue will be closed from Elm Street to Chestnut Street on Wednesday, April 30, from approximately 8:15-11:15 a.m., when the Police and Fire departments respond to a staged car accident for the benefit of Portland High School students. The event, being put on by the school’s Students Against Destructive Decisions group, is […]

PORTLAND — City parks and squares gained additional protection Monday when city councilors enacted ordinance revisions governing potential sales, while strengthening the role of the Parks Commission. But passage came with a possible loss of trust from some residents. By a 7-2 vote, with Councilors Kevin Donoghue and David Marshall opposed, the council approved revisions […]

PORTLAND — Priscilla Doucette got the text message around 7:30 a.m. last Friday. “They want to know if I am birding,” she said. “I’m going to answer ‘duh.’” She stood near the bank of a pond in Evergreen Cemetery with her husband, Dale Doucette. Both held binoculars, and Doucette’s cell phone was at the ready […]

PORTLAND — Attorneys for the city are asking a federal judge to uphold a buffer zone established to control anti-abortion protests at the Congress Street offices of Planned Parenthood of New England. “The actions of the City in adopting the Ordinance was a valid exercise of its authority to regulate the use of public space,” […]