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Whenever Russell Foster drives by the old Brian Boru building on Center Street in Portland, he stops to take a picture. A fan of Irish pubs, Foster, who moved to Maine in 2023, has wondered what it ...

Portland City Administrator Michael Jordan suggested a number of cuts in his budget proposal last month, including some public agency funds, Portland Bureau of Transportation repairs, and several ...

It's been six weeks since the City of Portland began its new needle redemption program, and so far, the city says it has collected 120,000 needles.

Newmark has brokered the $19.7 million sale of Mall Plaza, a 153,576-square-foot shopping center in South Portland. Mall Plaza is located across from The Maine Mall and was 83 percent leased at the ...

More than 60 years after winning the Tony Award for best play, ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ is coming to Portland Center ...

Mariya Greeley Beer is to Portland is what lobster is to Maine. If you visit without sampling ... as its role in the microbrew movement. For a city with a population of a little more than 68,000 ...

The policy changes will not impact the program’s budget of $7.4 million, according to city spokesperson Dan Douthit. Currently, there are 52 full-time Portland Street Response positions and ...

Mariya Greeley For such a small city, Portland houses some pretty big names ... as well as pieces from Maine artists. Paintings abound, but you'll also find photographs, sketches, pottery ...

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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The City of Portland and Prosper Portland announced on Friday that they settled with the 27 surviving Black Portlanders and the descendants of more than 150 Black families ...