PORTLAND — Superintendent of Schools James C. Morse Sr. used a welcome-back breakfast Tuesday morning at the Portland Expo to call on school staff to find and embrace “a better approach” to delivering public education. Morse, who became superintendent on July 1, started the breakfast with a short exercise. Shortly after everyone took their seats […]

PORTLAND — A bridge in Deering Oaks Park, quarters for the fireboat crew and new bleachers at Fitzpatrick Stadium are a few of the projects earmarked for funding in this year’s Capital Improvement Program. The city each year spends up to $10 million on capital improvements.  This year, more than a third of that money […]

PORTLAND — Police are looking for two suspects they say were involved in a shooting outside a mosque Monday evening. The shooting capped a day that was also marked by two robberies in the city. Portland Police Department Lt. Tony Ward said police were called to the 100 block of Anderson Street, in the city’s […]

PORTLAND — In an attempt to curb illegal dumping in Bayside, the city has gated a self-serve recycling center on Somerset Street. The “silver bullet” recycling containers have been in their current location for two years, and were previously on Marginal Way. Public Services Director Mike Bobinsky said that in recent years, people have been […]

PORTLAND — A policy change by the School Committee last week will allow about 230 students at Portland and Deering high schools to be bused to school. Prior to last week’s action, high school students were bused by exception only. Now, students living more than two miles from school will have the option of taking […]

PORTLAND — A fountain built in the early 1900s to provide water for horses in the Old Port is expected to be repaired and protected later this year. The Stanley Thomas Pullen Fountain is on Federal Street between Market and Pearl streets, behind Central Fire Station and across from the federal courthouse. The large, granite […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Portland Pipe Line’s vessel unloading pier near Bug Light Park in South Portland is slated to become the company’s vessel loading area when it reverses the flow of crude oil from Montreal in the next two years.  The operational shift is not expected to change the number of oil tankers annually visiting […]

PORTLAND — Increasing enrollments have prompted the School Committee to explore developing a formal policy on class sizes. Last week, the committee approved an additional elementary school teacher and hired three education technicians as short-term relief for what school officials believe is a developing long-term problem: over-enrolled classes. There are currently 20 elementary classes throughout […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Because of a neuromuscular disorder, Alice James has had some spectacular falls. Her body goes rigid and spastic, propelling her through the air and onto her head, jamming her skull into her spinal column. Once she was knocked unconscious for 25 minutes and broke her collarbone. “I remember the bounce and nothing […]

FREEPORT — Ten years ago, Hannah Kubiak and Beth Shissler opened their store in Portland not knowing if their tote bags made from recycled sails would resound with the public. The partners grew up in Maine, and left the state for college making a vow to return and start a business. “We love Maine, the […]