YORK — A Portland man and woman face drug charges after Maine State Police troopers stopped their car on the Maine Turnpike this morning. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Sierrha Frisbie, 23, and Christopher Rickett, 29, were arrested after allegedly speeding through the York tollbooths. A K-9 search revealed the presence of drugs in […]

Caitlin Beling of South Portland lights a candle to honor one of the 43 homeless people who died in Portland in 2015. Being was among those who attended Preble Street’s Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil at Monument Square late Monday afternoon. The annual event takes place on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, […]

PORTLAND — Ethan Strimling’s second campaign for mayor was more successful than his first. It was also more expensive, according to campaign finance reports that show Strimling raised almost twice as much cash as his two opponents. The reports were filed Dec. 18 at the City Clerk’s office. Strimling, who defeated incumbent Michael Brennan and Tom […]

PORTLAND — A Portland High School teacher arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography was released on bail last week. Gerald White, 44, was arrested Dec. 16 at the school at 284 Cumberland Ave., according to spokesman Steve McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety. Police had seized White’s computer the day before at his home […]

PORTLAND — There will be ice skating on the pond at Deering Oaks Park this winter after all. City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Grondin said the pond was being refilled after contractors completed work ahead of schedule on replacing sections of the pond bottom. Grondin said good weather allowed for completion of work city officials had expected to […]

Led by kindergartners from Reiche Elementary School, 93 seniors from Casco Bay High School parade down Congress Street from the Portland Museum of Art to the downtown post office on Friday, Dec. 18, to mail college applications. The afternoon event was the school’s third annual “March to the Post Office” to celebrate every senior completing […]

PORTLAND — A Franklin Towers resident has died from burns he received in his apartment Dec. 18. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Monday that 80-year-old Myron H. McLaughlin died at Maine Medical Center, where he was being treated for burns he sustained over 60 percent of his body. McCausland said state fire marshals […]

PORTLAND — It will take almost another month before the City Council decides whether to grant a zoning change sought on outer Congress Street. Whether to allow an extension of office park zoning on land owned by the Portland Elks at 1945 Congress St. remained unresolved Monday after a third vote to postpone the matter. Councilors […]

PORTLAND — The city is seeking concepts and designs for Congress Square. In conjunction with the Portland Public Art Committee and the Friends of Congress Square Park, the city Planning & Urban Development Department is inviting landscape architects and visual artists to respond to two requests for qualifications to be part of the redesign effort. Selection committees will review […]