PORTLAND — City Councilors Monday approved a permit for the installation of a 1,000-foot water slide in the northbound lanes of Franklin Street for an Aug. 1 festival. The potential release of 80,000 gallons of water was not all that flowed through the  3 1/2-hour meeting, where councilors also approved Police Chief Michael Sauschuck as […]

PORTLAND — Less than 1 percent of the city’s Consolidated Annual Action Plan – $40,000 – has become a focal point for West End residents and Reiche School parents. The money is what acting City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian has proposed for improving a crosswalk on Brackett Street outside the School. “This is a pretty essential […]

PORTLAND — Having “friends” in high places could be a big benefit to Congress Square this summer and in the future. The Friends of Congress Square Park, a nonprofit established to preserve the open space bordered by High and Congress streets and the Westin Portland Haborview Hotel, has received $100,000 in financial and in-kind services […]

PORTLAND —  The Thomas B. Reed School has largely remained vacant and unused since ownership was transferred to the city last summer. But City Councilor David Brenerman, co-chairman of the task force looking at ways to reuse the building, last week said the hope is to find a use that is in line with the […]

PORTLAND — The public is invited to spruce up and party down at Longfellow Park on Friday and Saturday during the annual park cleaning and neighborhood block party. With help from Phi Mu Delta fraternity at the University of Southern Maine and New Sorority Interest Group, the University Neighborhood Organization will clean up the park, […]

PORTLAND — Fundraising for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland could become more visible with the introduction of a specialty license plate. The Maine Secretary of State has approved the design of the plate, a collaboration between the hospital and Joe and Kim Westrich, who credit hospital staff with saving their daughter’s life. In […]