PORTLAND — The city will again host a meeting to update the public on plans to bring new life to Capisic Pond and its surrounding park. City Councilor Ed Suslovic will host the forum, scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 19, at 6:30 p.m., at the Deering High School cafeteria, 370 Stevens Ave. The last public meeting, […]

PORTLAND — Plans for redesigning the city’s India Street neighborhood got a shot in the arm Monday, when planners from the University of California presented their recommendations for making the city’s most historic area more environmentally and economically sustainable. More than a dozen people turned out to hear professor Stephen Wheeler and a team of […]

PORTLAND — See the world, join the circus. Such is the life of Portland native and Waynflete School graduate Amanda Crockett. Crockett, 34, is a performer with Cirque du Soleil. She has a daily role in “Michael Jackson One,” an ongoing production in Las Vegas, but her work has taken her all over the globe. […]

PORTLAND — Unless an agreement is reached soon, the Portland Pirates hockey team could be moving to Saco, or leaving Maine entirely. With attempts to re-open lease negotiations between the Cumberland County Civic Center and its anchor tenant – and to bring new blood to the arena’s board of trustees – as frozen as the December […]

PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday approved plans to spend roughly $3.6 million to move the School Department’s Central Office, West Day Treatment Program, and Multilingual and Multicultural Center to a downtown building. The new school facilities will be at 353 Cumberland Ave., a three-story, 50,000-square-foot building that was formerly the home of Goodwill Industries. […]

PORTLAND — One year after nearly being forced to close, the Portland Community Free Clinic is no longer on life support, but remains in serious condition. The clinic, at 103 India St., provides no-cost medical care to more than 500 Cumberland County residents who can’t afford health insurance, but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid […]