Researchers with the University of Maine System are working on a report about the formula for funding school districts, which ...

Whenever Russell Foster drives by the old Brian Boru building on Center Street in Portland, he stops to take a picture. A fan of Irish pubs, Foster, who moved to Maine in 2023, has wondered what it ...

School administrators across Maine are awaiting a report that could change the complex formula used to decide how much money the state gives each district. A state research organization is expected ...

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another.

WATERVILLE — The loss of Northern Light Inland Hospital and its 309 workers is expected to have a big economic impact on the ...

Residents of downtown Portland are expressing deep concerns about the resurgence of drug activity and dealing in their ...

Mariya Greeley This downtown neighborhood is considered the city's center and bustles with things ... Fore Street and Eventide Oyster Co., some of Portland's best dining spots, are within a ...

St. Johns, Montavilla and the Peninsula Park Community Centers are at risk of closing as a result of Portland’s proposed ...

Minimum wage in Portland is 15 dollars an hour. If this new amendment were to be passed by voters, it would jump up to 20 ...

Portland City Administrator Michael Jordan suggested a number of cuts in his budget proposal last month, including some public agency funds, Portland Bureau of Transportation repairs, and several ...

Newmark has brokered the $19.7 million sale of Mall Plaza, a 153,576-square-foot shopping center in South Portland. Mall Plaza is located across from The Maine Mall and was 83 percent leased at the ...

It's been six weeks since the City of Portland began its new needle redemption program, and so far, the city says it has collected 120,000 needles.