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Portland, Maine, ranked eighth on a new list of best places to live in the U.S. Residents are wondering if that will drive up housing costs…

Several cities in New England ranked among the best places to live in the United States, including Portland, Maine, which made it in the top 10.

First lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to two New England states this weekend, she announced. Biden will visit Portland, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Saturday. The trip will be a part of the Biden administration’s “America’s Back Together” tour celebrating the progress the U.S. has made against COVID-19. According to the first lady’s office, Biden will arrive...

As the Pacific Northwest swelters in an unprecedented heat wave, an electrical utility in the Washington state city of Spokane has announced that more rolling blackouts have started that will cut off electricity and air conditioning to some customers.

First Lady Jill Biden will travel to two New England states this weekend, she announced Tuesday. Biden will visit Portland, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Saturday. The trip will be a part of the Biden administration’s “America’s Back Together” tour celebrating the progress the U.S. has made against COVID-19. The first lady’s office did not specify when or...

Trying to fill this dumpling order left one business in a pinch: A common but disruptive shipping error sent a custom dumpling-making machine manufactured in China to the wrong Portland in May. The owners of Little Brother Chinese Food, which sells frozen dumplings in Portland, Maine, ordered a custom dumpling machine in March to help them fulfill demand, but an…

A Maine couple found out the dumpling machine they’d ordered to be delievered to them in Portland was sent to Portland, but the wrong one. Portland, Oregon.

Mainers are fighting a persistent problem on new battlefields — browntail moths are causing acute headaches in Portland and Waterville this year. In the latter city, leaders declared an emergency to combat the invasive moths’ presence and their effects on residents. The hairs of browntail moth caterpillars can cause, among other symptoms, a very itchy rash. Meanwhile, in Portland, a…

Officers who serve on a specialized crowd-control unit in Portland, Oregon, and have responded to the city’s ongoing, often violent protests have resigned en masse after criminal charges were filed against a team member

Roughly a month after a woman was punched in the face while walking alone at night in the West End part of Portland, Maine, another woman was attacked just blocks away. A 24-year-old woman was walking home from work around 10:25 p.m. Tuesday when a man, described as tall, thin and wearing a grey hoodie and ball cap, “ran up…

A woman was attacked in Portland, Maine, just blocks from where another woman was punched in the face about a month ago.

Boston has Bluebikes and now, after an almost decade-long wait, Portland, Maine could get its own bike-share system. City officials are hoping to attract an offer from a bike-share operator after a previous offer fell through a couple years ago over external factors and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Nell Donaldson, director of special projects for the city’s Planning...

A city-wide bike sharing system is being considered, but there are bumps in the road to consider.

Police are investigating random attacks against lone woman in the city’s West End.

A submerged car, a busted snail-covered, a salt-eaten safe and a mystery were uncovered this week in Portland, Maine.

There are still many questions around this partially-buried vehicle found near a safe.

A program that was liked by many residents, visitors and business owners is coming back for another year in Portland, Maine, in an effort to help small businesses amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The city’s outdoor dining and retail program kicked off April 5 with the closure of several downtown streets. The popular program — which covers the entire city…

Portland, Maine, is bringing back a program many residents, visitors and business owners liked for another year. It allows restaurants and other businesses to use parklet spaces and space on shut down streets for eating, shopping and other activities.

A Maine man’s digital art gallery has become one of the leading online marketplaces for non-fungible tokens. NFTs are a digital art or object form, sort of like Bitcoin, getting headlines over the past few months for some eye-popping multi-million-dollar sales. Because NFTs are on what is perhaps the sharpest point of the cutting edges of finance and technology,...

Thursday may have brought the largest single service announcement in the history of the Portland International Jetport, according to officials at the Maine airport. United Airlines announced a major seasonal expansion, revealing it would offer direct flights from Portland to six cities — Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and the Ohio cities of Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. According to a press release…