Strimling to enter Portland mayor’s race

Ethan Strimling on Tuesday will become the 19th candidate for mayor of Portland.

Organ crying out for repairs

Friends of the Kotzschmar hopes to start the 18-month $2.5 million overhaul after it turns 100 on Aug. 22, 2012.

Fleeing record heat? Now that’s cool!

Portland reaches a record-shattering 100 degrees. And while there is an end in sight, the advice for today sounds all-too-familiar: Hit the beach.

Portland sets heat record for July 22

Today marked only the fourth time since records have been kept that the temperature in Portland reached 100 degrees.

The scorching heat led to record utility demands, some power outages and the cancellation of racing at Scarborough Downs.

They’re stuck in the Middle Street mess

For months, construction has torn up the street and sidewalks, cutting into sales, business owners say.

For Don Lindgren, anything that makes it harder for customers to get to his Rabelais bookstore on Middle Street is a problem.

But when that kind of problem crops up during the summer, “it’s really major.”

Jay York is dead set against winning

What’s one way to stand out in a field of at least 18 candidates? Insist that you don’t really want the job.

Portland’s mayor will earn $65,400

The city council affirms the salary, then gets rid of a policy that barred city workers from running for office.

Feature obituary: Herbert S. Holmes Jr., 84, ‘people person’ loved by everyone

To William H. Floyd III, his father-in-law’s personality could be summed up in one phone call. Floyd remembers Herbert S. Holmes Jr. answering the phone and speaking for about five minutes. After the call, Floyd asked who called. “Oh, it was a wrong number,” Mr. Holmes said, going on to say who the caller was […]

Proposal to renovate civic center a tough sell

County commissioners will hold public hearings on the plan, which will likely be decided by voters in November.

Yarmouth Clam Festival draws cast of thousands

‘We come for the food,’ a festival-goer says, ‘and our granddaughter wanted to see the parade.’