Portland News

Captain Hollis Blanchard was at the helm of the steamship Portland when it went down off the coast of Massachusetts in November 1898.

Consumer advocate and presidential candidate Ralph Nader is in Maine today to rally support for his campaign.

Youth and Family Outreach is taking over the daycare center run by Portland West for the past few years.

Smoking is already banned in bars and restaurants. Now it is also banned in outdoor areas where food or beverages are served up until 10 oclock at night.

ROCKPORT : If you are feeling the standardize test blues, dona t freta there is good information out there to help you figure out which test to take! For starters, all Juniors attending public schools in Maine ...

Gloria Reuben will be at the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival on Saturday, October 4. The festival will take place from 5:00-9:00 PM in Abromson Auditorium on the University of Southern Maine's ...

When Maggie Doben's first-graders find a wheelchair in the middle of their room, she meets their curiosity with questions of her own: Who might need to use this? Would they be able to get around the classroom? ...

TV Online Group seeks protection for ugly New England fish By CLARKE CANFIELD PORTLAND, Maine - A ferocious-looking denizen of the deep that can gobble up whole urchins and crabs in a few swift chomps needs ...

NEWS CENTER is looking for ten undecided voters to come into our Portland studios on Thursday night to watch the debate between Vice-Presidential candidates Sen.

A new specialty license plate with proceeds going to breast cancer research and programs is now on sale in Maine.

A 21-year-old Portland man apparently chose the wrong vehicle to pull over when he allegedly put a blue police light on his pickup truck and impersonated a police officer.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Tales of Terror this Halloween Season : Victoria Mansion, Portland from our friends at Victoria Mansion... Tales of Terror! Victoria Mansion hosts 19th-century storytelling and scary ...

Portland police are looking for the culprit in an early-morning stabbing that sent one person to the hospital.

Maine voters should have a better idea today of what's in the casino development plan for western Maine.

Last week I went to Portland, Oregon. I have always been curious about "the other Portland" as I have known several Portland, Mainers who have made the move out there and ultimately moved back.

Maine will begin drying out today after a wet weekend in which some towns got as much as 7 inches of rain.

Hurricane Kyle veered away from New England Sunday and sped its ripping winds and pounding rains straight toward southeastern Canada, the US National Hurricane Center said.

A 46-year-old Palmyra man has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the 1995 shooting of a hitchhiker he picked up in Portland.

National Hurricane Center forecasters say Hurricane Kyle has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and it's expected to pass near eastern New England.

A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.