Condor Airlines says it will fly from Portland to Frankfurt starting next summer
A German airline says it will start operating nonstop flights between Portland International Airport and Frankfurt, Germany's Fraport next June. Condor Airlines, a subsidiary of Thomas Cook, says it will leave Portland Tuesdays and Fridays beginning June ...
Portland man buys New England's tallest lighthouse
YORK, Maine (AP) -- A Maine man is buying New England's tallest lighthouse for $78,000. A federal government spokeswoman says the General Services Administration has accepted a bid to buy the Boon Island Light Station off of York, Maine. The winning bidder ...
Port of Portland, Canada’s Pembina Make Plans For Propane Exports To Asia
Pembina Pipeline Corporation plans to invest $500 million in an agreement with the Port of Portland for a propane export facility on the Columbia River. | credit: Pembina Pipeline Corporation | rollover image for more PORTLAND — The Port of Portland and ...
Feature: Bookstores in the Portland Marketplace-Wallace Books
A regular feature of this column will be Featured Bookstores in the Portland Marketplace. This month's featured bookstore, is Wallace Books, owned and operated by Julie Wallace. On August 16, 1997, a young woman who had been working at Powell’s Books in ...
Portland-area group to fund conversion of trouble intersections to rotaries
PORTLAND, Maine — A long-term fix for one of the city’s most troubled intersections has been funded by the region’s source of state and federal highway aid. On Aug. 21, the Portland Area Regional Comprehensive Transportation System, better known by ...
Portland Public Schools outline 3 district-wide goals
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Portland Public School administrators said one goal for the district is to have every student able to read by the end of 3rd grade. Superintendent Carole Smith said schools will bring in authors and sports figures to talk about ...
Portland Police Shoot Suspected Carjacker
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A police officer shot a man who was pointing a gun at passing cars on an Interstate 84 off-ramp, and the ensuing standoff with the wounded suspect led to a long Labor Day closure of the freeway. Sgt. Pete Simpson, spokesman for the ...
