Mad Horse Theatre Company announces four productions for its 2021-22 season

After one-year hiatus, Maine Marathon returns to Portland’s Back Cove

About 3,300 runners will take part in the event Sunday morning, joining the largest road race in Maine since the start of the pandemic.

With depleted roster of school bus drivers, Portland struggles to get athletes to games

The district is down 4 full-time bus drivers and 5 bus assistants, out of a transportation staff of 48.

Celebrated Chinese American mom to be honored posthumously in Portland

A plaque will mark the site on Forest Avenue where Toy Len Goon, ‘an extraordinary woman,’ ran a laundry and raised eight children as a single widow in the mid-20th century.

Training exercise Thursday will simulate ferry running aground off Peaks Island

The event, sponsored by Casco Bay Emergency Response Group, also will feature an evacuation of passengers.

Police investigate suspected arson at Portland church

Neighbors who spotted the fire at the Portland New Church on Stevens Avenue used buckets of water to try to put it out before firefighters arrived.

Portland makes closures for outdoor dining permanent, eyes remake of iconic Old Port streets

City Manager Jon Jennings says his staff is recommending a project to remake Wharf and Dana streets in the Old Port using money from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Mercy moves more facilities to Fore River site, including surgery center

The hospital is on track to move all of its functions to the new site by the end of the year.

Maine schools report vandalism linked to social media trend

While most of the vandalism and thefts in Maine have been relatively minor, other school districts around the country have had more serious cases that led to criminal charges against students.

City Council deadlocks on indoor mask mandate in Portland

The 4-4 vote means the proposal does not pass, but it does not go away either.