The top 10 football teams in Maine as voted on by reporters from the Press Herald, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, Sun Journal and Forecaster, with first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points. Through games of 11/20/24 1. Portland (9) 98 2. Thornton Academy 88 3. Kennebunk (1) 79 4. Falmouth 75 5. Wells 53 6. […]

At a Tuesday meeting of the Portland Board of Public Education, at-large member and Board Chair Sarah Lentz claimed that immigrants and refugees have “come under attack” after the election of Donald Trump, and said that the district is preparing for potential mass deportations of immigrants by the incoming Trump administration. WATCH: Lentz, who during [...]The post

Focused Navigators to face Kennebunk in Class B title game Saturday in Portland.

Socialist Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes’ proposal for a task force to study how city might utilize a new “social housing” model to combat the city’s housing crisis was met this week with pushback from her fellow councilors and city officials, and was ultimately postponed until the start of next year. WATCH: District Five Councilor [...]The post

More than 100 rabbis from across the country are blasting Portland, Maine's, left-wing city council for voting to divest from Israel. The rabbis are urging their congregants to avoid the city "until such a repeal of the bigoted divestment takes effect."The post

The City Council postponed a vote to establish the commission after some councilors raised concerns that the draft ordinance wasn't what was intended.

SOUTH PORTLAND - On Nov. 18, 2024, Philip F. Cheney Jr. died in South Portland after a long illness. He was ...

Jalen Williams scored 30 points, Isaiah Hartenstein had a double-double in his season debut and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers 109-99.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Jalen Williams scored 30 points, Isaiah Hartenstein had a double-double in his season debut, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers 109-99 on Wednesday night.Hartenstein, a free agent pickup who played for the New York Knicks last season, had been out with a broken bone in his left hand. He had 13 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks in 29...

Three days before a Portland woman was found dead in her car, she had sent her location to a friend showing she was in the Van Mall neighborhood, miles from where she was later discovered. That was the last time the friend heard from her, court records say.

In the early 1980s, on Stark Street in Southeast Portland, there was an aging Hudson Oil Co. gas station that never seemed to get much business. It had an appearance reminiscent of a Kmart store three years ago, like a neglected outpost of a once-huge nationwide business that was slowly[Read More...]

Greater Portland has been in a dry period since the end of summer, but a late-week rainstorm should help moisten things.

Greater Portland has been in a dry period since the end of summer, but a late-week rainstorm should help moisten things.

On Wednesday morning, a 40-foot blue spruce tree was cut from a yard in Portland's Deering neighborhood and trucked to Monument Square, where it was installed as the city's 2024 tree for the holiday season. Staff photographer Ben McCanna was there to follow it every step of the way.

Abusana 'Micky' Bondo will continue to serve as vice chair, pending a formal vote at the board's next meeting in early December.

A Portland man who was previously convicted for the possession of child pornography has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for enticing a minor, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced 36-year-old Joshua Decker to 144 months in prison, to be followed [...]The post

"It's just incredible how everybody comes together to support these kids," said Laurel LaBauve, co-chair of the South Portland Toy Drive.

Joshua Decker, 36, pleaded guilty in July to possessing child pornography and enticing a minor.

Five additional suspects have been arrested by Portland Police in recent days in connection to a July shooting on Forest Avenue that left a 54-year-old Gray woman dead. One New Hampshire man who authorities believe is associated with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club remains at large and is considered dangerous and may be armed, police said [...]The post

We were recently visited by society member (and former curator) Nancy Crowell who brought in a World War I helmet to donate. The helmet belonged to one of her ancestors, Fletcher Crowell, who had lived at 590 Ocean St. in South Portland. His name sounded very familiar to us his full legal name was […]