PORTLAND — A Maine State Police trooper was slightly injured Friday morning when her cruiser was struck from behind on Interstate 295 in Portland, just south of Tukey’s Bridge. Trooper Jessica Shorey was treated at Maine Medical Center for neck and back pain and then released, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said. […]

PORTLAND — Less than three weeks into winter – but after dealing with five winter storms – the city has already spent more than half of its annual budget for snow clearing and other seasonal work. Director of Public Services Mike Bobinsky on Monday told city councilors that his department has so far used $524,000 […]

PORTLAND — While recent weather may suggest otherwise, it’s only a few months before the drama of professional baseball once again thrills Portland spectators. But this spring, some of that drama will take place not at Hadlock Field, but in Merrill Auditorium. “The Summer King,” an opera based on the life of Negro Leagues great […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Food Co-Op, a 600-member “buying club” for locally produced groceries, has leased space in the India Street neighborhood and plans to open a retail store there in September. The store, to be established in two vacant storefronts in a shopping plaza at 290 Congress St., will sell local goods to the […]