MaryEllen Joyce, of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, helps paint murals in the Riverton Community School gymnasium. HPHC, along with volunteers from other organizations, did a number of service projects at Riverton Sept. 24. Merideth McNeil is one of more than 40 volunteers who came to Riverton Community School for a handful of service projects. This […]

PORTLAND — The city’s mayoral candidates will gather at the Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 to meet with voters. Incumbent Mayor Michael Brennan and challengers Ethan Strimling and Tom MacMillan will speak briefly, and then meet with groups of voters, according to a library press release. Voters will also […]

PORTLAND — The Gulf of Maine Research Institute will be creating new digital learning opportunities about sea level rise after receiving a $500,000 grant. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Literacy Grant was announced Sept. 22 by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine. The Institute, at 350 Commercial St., will use the grant over […]

PORTLAND — The man charged with the Sept. 25 robbery of a Forest Avenue credit union remained in jail Tuesday, while police continued to investigate a string of other city robberies. Assistant Police Chief Vern Malloch said Sept. 26 that 42-year-old Thomas Monat had been charged with bank robbery after allegedly holding up the University Credit […]

PORTLAND — The city has named a replacement to lead its Planning Division, but will be searching for a new public services director. Current Planning Board Chairman Stuart “Tuck” O’Brien will begin his new job leading the Planning Division the middle of next month, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin said in a Sept. 24 press release.  The […]

PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine will host the state premiere of a documentary detailing soldiers’ wartime trauma and their struggles to transition home. The documentary, titled “Searching for Home: Coming Back from War,” will premiere Oct. 3 at the university’s Hannaford Hall, located in the Abromson Community Education Center on 88 Bedford St. […]

PORTLAND — The United States Department of Labor announced a two-year, $1.1 million grant has been awarded to a local alternative education program. The grant was given to LearningWorks, an organization which serves at-risk youth, to continue administering its Youth Building Alternatives program. YBA is an educational program for young people between the ages of […]

PORTLAND — Once the paintings languished in the City Hall attic. Now two city-owned portraits are returning to life, conserved by a nonprofit with studio space above the State Theater at 142 High St. “We are trying to be a resource for the state and beyond and have people be aware of the conservation process,” Bonnie Mattozzi […]