The road is closed in both directions from Gorham Road to Hannaford Drive while crews replace a utility pole.
June 2022
Curbside Queens are here to bring queer joy right to your driveway
The traveling drag show had a whirlwind Pride weekend, from downtown brunch to a nightclub show to a toddler’s birthday.
Jase Graves: Stranger things in my daughter’s room
A few days ago, my wife and I joined some friends for a gathering during a few rare hours when we weren’t busy hauling a teenager to some kind of expensive activity or hosting an entire herd of them at our home to ransack our pantry and abuse the plumbing. The highlight of the get-together […]
Letter to the editor: Charter commission is painted into a corner
What a muddle! Some members of Portland’s Charter Commission are realizing they have painted themselves into a corner. Before a final vote on the unnecessary changes to Portland’s charter, will others agree? Will radical charter changes replace well managed governance with perpetually inflamed politics? Their central conflict is with an Executive Mayor’s political dominance over […]
Our View: Celebrate with New Mainers on World Refugee Day
The people strong and brave enough to leave their homes are great additions to the place they now call home.
Mark your calendar with Maine’s biggest summer events
Listen to music, eat the state’s iconic foods and celebrate community at these fun-filled festivals.
Things to Do: ‘Hairspray,’ a yeast-filled festival and drinking with dogs
Bread & Brews is happening Saturday in Unity.
Letter to the editor: Treat assault rifles like ‘Tommy guns’
Banning AR15 assault weapons, which are intended for use in war, and limiting the purchase and use of guns by people who have demonstrated lack of ability to control themselves only makes sense. In the 1930s, the violence by notorious gangsters was fueled by Thompson submachine guns, or Tommy guns, that fired up to 600 […]
Eat & Run: A food truck for burger lovers, no matter your meat-eating status
Eat It & Beet It offers all of its specialty burgers with either a beef or beet patty.
Letter to the editor: There might have been a better end in puppy dispute
As a dog lover and owner, I feel compelled to write regarding the “Jaxx” Maine Veterinary Medical Center quandary. As with most situations, the truth here is somewhere in the middle. Vitriol spewing from social media and threatening voicemails are simply wrong and uncivilized. However, something is very off here. That an anonymous “somebody” so […]