PORTLAND — Lovers, rejoice. While the end of a famed French monument to l’amour last week made international headlines, Portland’s “love locks” fence seems secure. At least for now. On June 1, workers in Paris began to dismantle hundreds of thousands of padlocks, inscribed with lovers’ names and initials, that hung from an iron grillwork along […]

PORTLAND — An alleged burglary attempt and a phone call from a teenage girl who was hiding at home has led to indictments of two men on multiple charges. A Cumberland County grand jury on June 5 handed up indictments on charges of Class B burglary and theft, Class D criminal mischief, Class E theft, […]

PORTLAND — Two-way traffic on State and High streets is feasible, according to the advisory committee that has studied the streets for almost a year. But in its final meeting on June 3 at the Portland Public Library, the group stopped short of advising a change in the 43-year-old one-way traffic pattern. By a 7-2-2 […]

PORTLAND — Expansion is the order of the day for two returning city festivals. The Old Port Festival kicks off Thursday as a four-day party capped by the traditional 11 a.m. Sunday, June 14, parade and street fest with seven stages of live music and entertainment. On Friday, Pride Portland begins a 10-day celebration of […]

PORTLAND — The war on drugs has failed and marijuana prosecution is costly to taxpayers and offenders. That is the premise of a drive to legalize possession and use of marijuana that kicked off June 4 in Monument Square. In a noontime press conference, David Boyer, director of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, […]

PORTLAND — Not everyone enjoys going to the dentist, but what if the dentist could come to you? For more than 20 military veterans, that’s exactly what happened on June 5, thanks to a partnership between Aspen Dental and the nonprofit organization One Warrior Won. Richard Brewer, a Portland resident and former teacher at Cheverus […]