PORTLAND — Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine and the Portland Police Department will co-sponsor the 33rd annual Take Back the Night march and rally at 6 p.m. Friday, April 25, in Monument Square. The event, an effort to help end sexual violence in Maine, features a march through the Old Port and back […]

PORTLAND — As she stood at the base of Fort Allen Park last Thursday, city resident Lori Dell summed up what it was like waiting for the Nova Star to arrive. “I feel like we are expecting a baby,” she said. Out on the Fore River, the 529-foot ferry was steaming into port, escorted by […]

PORTLAND — A city man was charged with two counts of drug trafficking Tuesday after a two-month investigation by agents of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. Ian Nono, 21, of 88 Tamerlane, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after allegedly selling crack cocaine to an undercover agent near the corner of Canco Road and Washington Avenue, Maine […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments last week on the citizen initiative designed to protect public parcels of land. But city Corporation Counsel Danielle West-Chuhta said she is uncertain if a decision will be announced in time to keep the question off the June 10 ballot. The court, with Justice Jon Levy […]

PORTLAND — Chris Thompson brought more than golden shovels to the party Friday. He also brought the beer. The shovels were for the ceremonial groundbreaking for $3.8 million of infrastructure needed to connect the city to the $110 million mixed-use Forefront at Thompson’s Point along the Fore River. The beer was for city Economic Development […]

PORTLAND — Terminal leases are approved, tickets are on sale, and this week the new ship that will ferry passengers to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is expected to dock for the first time in Portland. Nova Star Cruises spokesman Dennis Bailey on Monday said the 528-foot Nova Star is scheduled to berth in Portland at noon […]

PORTLAND — After losing its lease at 644 Congress St. last fall, the Meg Perry Center is ready to reopen May 1 in the basement at 36 Market St. in the Old Port, below Market Street Eats. A reopening celebration is tentatively scheduled for 5 p.m. that day, and will feature food, music and painting […]

PORTLAND — A psychiatric resident working at Maine Medical Center was placed on probation for two years by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine on April 8. Dr. Cameron R. Bonney was found to have made dishonest statements to the board about alcohol use while participating in a substance monitoring program that prohibited drinking. […]

PORTLAND — Casco Bay Lines passengers can now receive text alerts about storm delays, schedule changes and service notifications via a messaging service introduced Friday. To opt into the new service, text CBLAlerts to 41411, or visit http://bit.ly/1ervGIY. Normal message and data rates may apply, but Casco Bay Lines said it will not sell phone […]