PORTLAND — Terminal leases are approved, tickets are on sale, and this week the new ship that will ferry passengers to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is expected to dock for the first time in Portland. Nova Star Cruises spokesman Dennis Bailey on Monday said the 528-foot Nova Star is scheduled to berth in Portland at noon […]

PORTLAND — After losing its lease at 644 Congress St. last fall, the Meg Perry Center is ready to reopen May 1 in the basement at 36 Market St. in the Old Port, below Market Street Eats. A reopening celebration is tentatively scheduled for 5 p.m. that day, and will feature food, music and painting […]

PORTLAND — Casco Bay Lines passengers can now receive text alerts about storm delays, schedule changes and service notifications via a messaging service introduced Friday. To opt into the new service, text CBLAlerts to 41411, or visit http://bit.ly/1ervGIY. Normal message and data rates may apply, but Casco Bay Lines said it will not sell phone […]

PORTLAND — A psychiatric resident working at Maine Medical Center was placed on probation for two years by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine on April 8. Dr. Cameron R. Bonney was found to have made dishonest statements to the board about alcohol use while participating in a substance monitoring program that prohibited drinking. […]

PORTLAND — After a quarter-century of serving meals to friends on Middle Street, Mary Ledue Paine has reached a bittersweet conclusion. “It sounds really sad, but it feels like Portland does not need the Pepperclub anymore,” Paine said last week. By early fall, the restaurant will be about 20 miles south, in a new location […]

PORTLAND — The School Board on April 10 approved a $101.7 million budget, paving the way for a City Council vote and, eventually, a voter referendum. During a special meeting, the board voted 8-0 to send the budget to City Hall, where School Board Chairwoman Sarah Thompson presented the spending plan to the council on […]

PORTLAND — Neighbors, University of Southern Maine students and public service crews will join together Friday, April 18, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for the second annual Longfellow Park cleanup. The park is at the confluence of Longfellow, Noyes and Oakdale Streets, between Brighton and Forest avenues. The cleanup will also celebrate Earth Day, which is […]