Members of the 133rd Engineer Battalion and 1035th Survey and Design Team of the Maine Army National Guard march to the Portland Expo from the University of Southern Maine on Saturday for their official send-off before departing for Afghanistan. The ceremonies begin inside the Portland Expo. Keith Tibbetts of the 133rd Engineer Battalion holds his […]

Bella Brien, 13, of Portland, looks toward the crowd for encouragement while she scales a greased pole on Federal Street during the 88th annual St. Peter’s Italian Street Festival on Saturday, Aug. 10.

PORTLAND — The controversy over a Planned Parenthood clinic that performs abortions reached a new pitch at a July 30 City Council committee meeting. A crowd of about 120 jammed the City Hall Council Chambers as the Public Safety, Health and Human Services committee discussed a proposed “buffer zone” that would ban protesters from within […]

PORTLAND — While a neighborhood group continues to oppose plans for selling a portion of Congress Square Plaza, the city is urging the public to look beyond the hardscaped open space. The city’s Planning Division on Thursday launched a “visioning process” to collect ideas for improving the design and use of Congress Square, which includes […]

PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday voted unanimously to move ahead with plans for reconfiguring one of the city’s most congested, most confusing and most dangerous intersections. Councilors adopted recommendations of the Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee to overhaul the six-legged junction of Falmouth Street and Brighton and Deering avenues, near the University of […]

PORTLAND — The city will hold a supplemental school budget referendum Sept. 4. The referendum approved Monday by the City Council will ask voters to accept an additional $1.9 million in state aid. If approved, school officials said they will use the money to cover about $1.4 million in new costs for teacher retirements and […]