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Police in Portland, Oregon, are investigating nearly a dozen fentanyl overdoses involving children as young as 1 years old.

Firefighters battled flames at a downtown apartment building in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday.

A boater was caught on video purposely hitting groups of sea lions near Hayden Island in Portland.

Months after a night of violence in Portland, Maine, including a shooting and fireworks launched at police officers, there has been an arrest in connection to the incident in Massachusetts. On Monday evening, Portland Police announced that a U.S. Marshal violent crimes task force and local police had taken 46-year-old Hamza Hassan into custody in Medford on charges of...

In 2022, Portland, Maine, has had shootings in the city double from 2021, and multiple murders and shootings have occurred in well-trafficked areas at the heart of the city. Last Tuesday, a 26-year-old man whom police identified as a city resident named Tyler Flexon was shot and wounded near the intersection of Sherman Street and Mellen Steet. Investigators say that he…

Active shooter threats that are believed to be hoaxes have been reported at schools throughout Maine on Tuesday morning, according to the state Department of Public Safety. “The Department of Public Safety is aware of multiple active shooter threats that have been made at schools throughout the state. Maine State Police have been assisting local law enforcement agencies with these…

Rats have been a rising problem in New England cities and some have been named among the most rat-infested cities in the country. Boston; Hartford; Portland, Maine; and Burlington, Vermont, were the cities in New England included in the top 50 for 2022. Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles topped the list. Boston is the rattiest New England city,…

Police in Portland, Maine, are searching for a missing 21-year-old man who may be experiencing mental health issues. Police said 21-year-old Samuel Mugisha was last seen leaving his apartment on Auburn Street around 8 a.m. Friday. He is known to visit his uncle’s house on Kenneth Street in Westbrook, but he has not shown up there. Mugisha is 5-foot-11, 200…

Police in Portland, Maine are looking to speak with anyone who has information about a shooting in the city’s busy Old Port early Saturday morning. According to investigators, officers on foot heard a gunshot around 1 a.m. near Fore and Moulton streets as bars in the area were closing up and people were exiting businesses onto sidewalks. The officers...

Authorities in Maine say a woman was safety found issued after a Silver Alert was issued for her. The Saco Police Department issued a Silver Alert for Deborah Davidson-Stewart of Saco, the Maine Department of Public Safety said early Friday morning in a news release. The woman posted on Facebook that she was in the Portland area, police said, possibly…

Portland, Maine is home to two restaurants on the New York Times’ list of the 50 best restaurants in the country – Leeward and Twelve.

Overnight Tonight: Showers taper. Lows in the 50s, 40s north. Wednesday: Sun & clouds, pleasant air, evening shower west. Highs around 70, 60s north. Thursday: Areas of rain, isolated thunder. Breezy. Highs around 70.

In The New York Times’ annual ranking of 50 best restaurants in the country, two Massachusetts spots are featured as among the greatest nationwide. Neptune Oyster in Boston and Dear Annie in Cambridge have both secured a ranking in this year’s list, alongside two other restaurants in New England. “Dishes like cuttle-ink risotto with generous chunks of lobster and Nantucket…

Two people were seriously hurt early Monday morning in a shooting in the Old Port area of Portland, Maine, according to police. Two Portland officers were patrolling when they heard gunshots ring out around 1 a.m. The officers found a man on Wharf Street, near Union Street, who had been shot multiple times, a news release from the police department…

Police in Portland, Maine, say they’re investigating possible hate crimes at and around a mosque in the city. The incidents include a video of a burning Quran sent to a member of the mosque and a message left on “pavement” near the home of a Muslim family living a short distance away, according to a spokesperson for the Portland...

Next week, Portland, Maine will see the result of a decade-long push for a new way to get around the city. A bike share program will launch finally launch in the city with what is expected to be 30 bike stations and 200 bikes. The bikes can be accessed through an app and will be available in both pedal and…

State Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection officials said they’re investigating a single-vessel boating accident that happened just north of Petzold’s Marina. There were eight people on board the boat, two of which were minors between the ages of six and 12, DEEP officials said. The children were taken to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center for treatment. “The boat collided...

A small plane crashed Friday at the Portland International Jetport, the Maine city’s major airport, police said. The two people on board were taken to the hospital, Portland police said, with injuries that are not life-threatening. The airport was temporarily closed. Flights were being held at their points of origin, and five flights heading to Portland were diverted to...

There’s a monkey mystery in a Portland, Maine neighborhood.  On both Monday and Wednesday, multiple people reported seeing a monkey right outside of Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street in the city’s West End. “My friend Chloe said, ‘oh my God, is that a monkey?’ I said yeah, I thought it was a monkey too!” said Anna McMurchy,...

Several witnesses say they have seen a monkey on the loose in Portland, but it has yet to be captured or claimed.