Portland News

When a stranger thanks Sgt. Nathaniel Grace of the Maine Army National Guard for his service, he makes it a point to return the gratitude.

Atlantica Group LLC, an international business development firm based in Portland, Maine, is organizing a speaking tour focusing on opportunities for foreign investment in less well-known, less traveled markets in the United States.

New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter has introduced an amendment that would protect pipeline activity between Portland, Maine and Montreal, Canada.

Seldom does a traveling collection have the breadth and quality of this collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

The Portland Museum of Art has announced the dates for its summer tours of the Winslow Homer studio in Scarborough.

Time Warner Cable's 24/7 local news channel, YNN, is looking for a new Executive Producer.

At the end of the final song at Sunday afternoon's special Mass as St. Patrick Church, parishioners standing in the pews and in the aisles broke into a sudden, long round of applause.

Not only can businesses pay their city taxes in Bristol Pounds, but the mayor has opted to take his full salary in the local currency.

If you are looking for some of the best beer in the United States, you don't have to go too far.

Emergency response crews from more than half a dozen departments participated in a full scale training exercise at the Portland Jetport.

At college commencement ceremonies across the country, it is not unusual to hear stories about students who have overcome tremendous obstacles in order to receive their degrees.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen in Portland, Maine, imposed the 188-month sentence Friday on 45-year-old Bernie Subocz of Manchester, N.H. He was accused of a pair of bank robberies in Wells and York in Maine in November 2011.

Pulling into Portland's East Bayside neighborhood, you first notice the earthy aroma of roasted arabica beans mingling with hearty hops.

Detroit's new Police Chief James Craig was introduced to the media during a press conference with Mayor Bing and Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr Wednesday, May 15.

Fundraising for the library's expansion has reached about $470,000, more than one-third of the project's cost.

In another emotionally charged vote, the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted down a bill Wednesday that would have allowed some public school workers to carry concealed handguns.

Dear SOS: On a trip up the coast of Maine, we found a wonderful bakery in Portland called Standard Baking Co.

Mayor Dave Bing and Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr officially introduced James Craig as Detroit's new police chief Wednesday during a news conference.

Megan Markgren, a Longfellow Elementary School fourth grade teacher, and her students release endangered Atlantic Salmon that they raised in their classroom into a stream near Highland Lake in Westbrook.

Fatigue failure of an engine part that was more than 65 years old caused a Durham doctor to fatally ditch his antique plane in the ocean near Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth last summer.