PORTLAND — Riverton residents are working to change the image of their neighborhood and build community at the same time. The neighborhood, a mix of houses, condominiums and apartments, is perhaps known best for its low-income housing off Forest Avenue, which has been plagued by drug use and other illicit activities for decades. But, with […]

PORTLAND — A new health clinic is coming to the city’s Riverton neighborhood. The Portland Community Health Center at Riverton will open Thursday at 59 Riverton Drive. Neighborhood residents previewed the health center at an open house held last week. The clinic will specialize in serving low-income, immigrant and refugee individuals, who reside in many […]

PORTLAND — After months of number-crunching and Statehouse-watching, and two postponements of earlier votes, the City Council’s approval Monday of the 2014 fiscal-year municipal and capital improvement budgets was anti-climactic. The council voted unanimously, in a meeting that lasted less than an hour, to adopt the $215.2 million municipal budget and $16.7 million capital improvement […]

PORTLAND — Mercy Health System, which operates the city’s second-largest hospital, has taken another step toward merging with Bangor-based Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems. The hospitals are on track to complete the deal in September, Mercy President and Chief Executive Officer Eileen Skinner said Monday. Mercy received approval from the Vatican last week to transfer assets […]

PORTLAND — The city’s new marketing slogan, “Portland, Maine. Yes. Life’s good here,” is producing divided opinions. “It doesn’t do much for me,” East End resident Samantha Miller said Sunday. “Life’s good here? Anyone can say that.” Deering Center resident John Tilgner was more upbeat. “I think it’s great that Portland is finally marketing itself […]