PORTLAND — Two proposed redevelopment projects in the India Street neighborhood have taken dramatic turns in the past week. Billionaire hedge-fund manager Donald Sussman put plans on hold to construct a 60-foot-tall condominium complex between Hampshire and Franklin streets. And the Hampton Inn on Fore Street – including an adjacent parking lot that was to […]

PORTLAND — This year’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the city includes gospel music, discussions of social justice and the traditional community-wide breakfast, being held for the 32nd year on Jan. 21. Not included is Gov. Paul LePage, who for the first time was not invited to the remembrance after he declined […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Community Health Center will receive just over $680,000 in federal funding to expand its services, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said Tuesday. The center, at 180 Park Ave., provides primary medical and mental health care to about 3,000 area residents on a sliding-scale payment basis. Operated by the city with federal […]

PORTLAND — Students who need help applying for financial aid or developing a resume before May can get assistance at the Portland Public Library through an Americorps program. Starting this month and running through the May deadline, individuals who need help filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid can receive assistance from an intern. […]

PORTLAND — A start-up technology company that includes School Board Chairwoman Kate Snyder has updated a classic pencil-and-paper game to market businesses to tech-savvy consumers. Snyder, her husband Colin, and their Kenwood Street neighbor Bob Bruce make up Zylo Media, which rolled out its first product, BoodleUP, in Portland last month. BoodleUP allows consumers to […]

PORTLAND — A City Council search committee has named Danielle West-Chuhta to fill the position of corporation counsel for the city, the first woman selected to become the city’s top attorney, Mayor Michael Brennan announced Tuesday. West-Chuhta has been serving in an interim role since the retirement of former counsel Gary Woods four months ago. […]

PORTLAND — A grant from the Maine Department of Education will fund LearningWorks after-school programs for 1,400 Portland and Biddeford students over the next five years. The $2.4 million grant will fund the opening of four more LearningWorks program sites: two in Portland and two in Biddeford. The two new Portland sites join two already established […]

PORTLAND — A local property manager has agreed to pay a $15,000 civil penalty to resolve allegations that he harassed female tenants by making unwanted sexual advances and offering to reduce their rents in exchange for sex, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. A civil complaint filed Monday in federal court in Portland outlined the […]