Update: The Bayside Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 at the Lost Coin Cafe, located at 40 Portland St. PORTLAND — Jeff Goldman is tired of people drinking alcohol in public, urinating and defecating in the neighborhood around his Bayside home. “The nuisance crime issue has gotten worse and […]

CUMBERLAND — Although a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes has killed several horses in recent weeks in five southern Maine counties, organizers at the Cumberland County Fair are taking precautions to make fairgoers as safe as possible when the event begins this weekend. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Sept. 15 that the […]

PORTLAND — The School Department has hired a 43-year-old teacher from New York City as the new principal of the Peaks Island and Cliff Island elementary schools.  On Oct. 8, Timothy Devaney, who was born in New Hampshire and raised in Connecticut, will replace Assistant Superintendent Jill Blackwood, who has been filling in since the […]

PORTLAND — The federal subsidy that keeps the Amtrak Downeaster running is scheduled to expire Sept. 30. But despite a weakened economy and gaps in state transportation funding, state officials and rail advocates are confident the Portland-to-Boston passenger service will continue.  Officials, in fact, remain hopeful the Downeaster won’t just survive, but get faster and […]

PORTLAND — A waterfront path high on the priority list for bicycle and pedestrian advocates may finally be about to happen. A meeting has been scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 23, to discuss the feasibility of creating a new trail that would run along West Commercial Street, from Veterans Memorial Bridge to High Street.  The trail, according […]

PORTLAND — Community members are rallying in support of a Mona Road family beset by personal and financial tragedies. On July 7, Jamie Kingsburg, a 32-year-old mother of four, went to the hospital after battling what she thought was a severe cold for several weeks. There, she was told she was suffering from severe aplastic […]

PORTLAND — City officials and Fire Department personnel gathered along the waterfront Monday morning to officially welcome the city’s new fireboat, City of Portland IV, into service. The $3.2 million boat was built in Nova Scotia at the A.F. Theriault & Son boatyard and was delivered to Portland at the end of July. The Fire […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — After being closed for two weeks, Exit 4 on Interstate 295 reopened Monday morning to southbound traffic. The southbound lane on the Veterans Memorial Bridge that leads to the interstate on-ramp from Portland has also reopened.  Both lanes were closed to allow workers to build a southbound auxiliary lane between Exits 3 […]

Tom Blake, left, Chris Smith, Tim Cronin and Dennis Biggie work on a footbridge across the north branch of Long Creek on Sept. 13 when the South Portland Land Trust sponsored a volunteer day to prepare for the opening on Sept. 26 of its newest trail and pocket park. The trail will make it easier […]

Daniel Oppenheim sounds a shofar, or ram’s horn, during dedication Sept. 13 of the new sanctuary at Congregation Bet Ha’am on Westbrook Street in South Portland. The new worship space and a renovated religious school are on the site of the former Sawyer School. The dedication came just in time for the Jewish High Holidays, […]