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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
The Portland Phoenix publishes final issue
The owners of the weekly newspaper, which restarted after a shutdown in 2019, said the pandemic kept them from attracting enough advertisers.
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PublishedApril 28, 2023
Portland looks to hotel guests for a boost in its tourism budget
The proposal to create a tourism development district could more than double the funds for marketing the city as a year-round destination.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
‘Extreme’ delays plague mail delivery during busiest week of year, union says
Some customers, according to the union, are now going five or six days without regular mail service – as the holidays send delivery volumes to their peak.
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PublishedApril 26, 2022
Rapid I-295 bridge replacement wraps up with hours to spare
It took a three-day highway closure to tear down and replace one of Maine's busiest sections of road, the Veranda Street bridge in Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Mainers respond to Westbrook woman’s grief over headstone kept from husband’s grave
A fund has been set up to accept donations to help the widow of a former Afghan general who died of COVID-19.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2021
Rattled by increase in airplane noise, Peaks Islanders are the latest to seek relief
'We have more planes coming over Peaks Island now than we have at any time in our history,' one resident says.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2020
Portland Water District begins looking for COVID-19 in wastewater
Working with a lab at Saint Joseph's College, the Portland Water District is part of a growing number of utilities nationwide using wastewater as a potential sentinel for COVID-19 case surges.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2020
Local governments begin to tackle systemic racism in online forum
The Greater Portland Council of Governments holds the first of several webinars for municipal leaders in an effort to promote of racial equity.
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PublishedMay 21, 2020
Longtime Portland radio personality plans to file complaint over her dismissal
Randi Kirshbaum, who had been working remotely for Portland Radio Group during the coronavirus outbreak, was let go this week for refusing to return to her office.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2019
Discovery of tree-killing beetle in Portland prompts quarantine in 13 communities
The emerald ash borer, one of the most destructive invasive insects in the country, had previously been found in small pockets in Aroostook and York counties.
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