PORTLAND — The Barron Center on Brighton Avenue has reopened its short-term skilled nursing unit after being closed for two years. The unit, named for Dr. Benjamin Zolov, offers private rooms with 24-hour licensed nursing support and is near Barron Center’s rehabilitation gym. “We are thrilled to be reopening the skilled unit at this time, giving […]
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Episcopal cathedral in Portland to open warming center for asylum seekers
Starting on Christmas, St. Luke’s parish hall will be open as a daytime shelter on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
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Portland fire sends one person to hospital
A police spokesman said the person who reportedly started the fire was having a mental health crisis.
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Annual memorial vigil mourns deaths among homeless
More than 40 men and women who died this year are remembered in Portland as advocates urge community effort to end homelessness.
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Rabbi’s legacy will live on, friends and colleagues say
Harry Sky, a longtime leader in the Portland Jewish community, is remembered for his devotion to lifelong learning and civil rights and as “an intellectual giant.”
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Singing officer tweaks ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’
Officer Jeremy Turner rewrites and sings the lyrics of “12 Days of Christmas” with a focus on law enforcement.
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Maine Voices: Once a wonderful city, Portland is becoming Potterville
As the city becomes richer, it’s turning its back on what attracted us to it in the first place.
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Maine Voices: Parents, this holiday season, give your children your presence
There is no more important gift than face-to-face time together, without phones or screens or social media.
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Time & Temperature Building’s new owners vow to bring back Portland icon’s ‘glory days’
Chris Rhoades and Andrew Preston say they’ll decide how to use the downtown building’s mostly vacant office tower and submit their restoration plans to the city by February.
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Vigil on the longest night honors people in Portland’s homeless community who died this year
About 75 people gathered for the annual memorial on the winter solstice to remember the 43 people who died so far in 2019 while living on the city’s streets.