Maine-branded racing car unveiled in Portland
State officials and local businesses on Friday morning unveiled a Maine-branded racing car that will be driven in front of a national audience on Sept. 20 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series by 20-year-old Fort Kent native Austin Theriault. The state of Maine ...
Student biking to Portland State is down by a third over two years
Bike transportation among Portland State University students peaked at 12 percent in 2010-2011 and has since fallen to 8 percent, newly released student surveys show. And in a development its transportation director called “alarming,” the popularity of ...
Maine Governor Paul LePage a No-Show at Candidate Forum in Portland
It was supposed to be the first time all three candidates for Maine governor appeared together to speak at the same event. But it didn't happen. Gov. Paul LePage pulled out of the forum hosted by the Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine at ...
LePage skips candidates forum on heating fuel in Portland
PORTLAND — An energy forum billed as the first time Maine’s three candidates for governor would speak in the same place did not come off as planned Friday. Republican Gov. Paul LePage abruptly declined to participate in the forum about policy on home ...
$10M bail for Portland couple in baby's death
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge in Portland set bail Thursday at $10 million each for the meth-addicted parents accused of murder by abuse in the death of their newborn baby girl. The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/t6I3fK) Sarah and Jamie Mangus are ...
Gov. LePage snubs Portland energy forum
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Gov. Paul LePage pulled out at the last minute of an energy forum Friday morning. The event was supposed feature all three gubernatorial candidates. When LePage's campaign staff showed up to the forum, there were three ...
Portland man, 52, twice assaults, threatens mother, according to police
A Portland man assaulted his mother in his home and threatened her life twice within the span of a week, according to court records. Police called Thursday to a home in the 200 block of Ruth Street spoke with Yvonne Francis Brodt. She told authorities that ...
Canzano: It's campus cannibalism at Portland State, but football is still fighting
On Friday morning at 10 a.m., buses are scheduled to pick up the Portland State football team at the Stott Center loop and transport the Vikings five hours away to Pullman, Wash, where they will presumably be throttled on Saturday in exchange for a $ ...
Portland program to alter labels on powder for mixing with cocaine
Concerns that a city program was sending the wrong message about drug use when it gave out a powder to mix with crack cocaine will not stop the public health effort, just change the way the powder is packaged. The Portland Needle Exchange program no longer ...
Portland Trail Blazers' Lopez willing to join Gilas
MANILA – Portland Trail Blazer Robin Lopez said he’s willing to become a naturalized Filipino to be able to play for Gilas Pilipinas. Lopez, who visited communities affected by typhoon Yolanda, said he fell in love with Filipino culture, including ...
