Grace Benninghoff

The Strouts gathered on Oct. 25 to remember their husband, son, father and brother, Arthur 'Artie' Strout one year after he was killed.

Portland voters were asked to select three new City Council candidates after incumbents chose not to seek a second term. And only one of the three school board seats on the ballot had multiple candidates.

Portland voters considered two referendum questions: one could limit hazard pay in the city, the other would tighten restrictions on short-term rentals.

The heavily Democratic city overwhelmingly supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, a stark difference from the national picture and elsewhere in Maine. On Wednesday, many Portlanders felt a sense of grief for the country.

Nearly three months into her new role, Maggie McLoughlin praised the department but said it's too early to lay out her hopes going forward.

At the Planning Board's second workshop on the project, which would combine housing-first, affordable and market-rate apartments concerns remained over the location of the project in Bayside neighborhood and the lack of green space it would bring to the neighborhood.

The Planning Board voted to begin the process of reconsidering a condo project sent back to them by high court after years of appeals.

The 10 lawmakers who represent at least part of the heavily Democratic city are concerned about how federal policy changes might impact education, health care and social services in Maine.

The fund would pay for projects that would reduce the city's carbon emissions.

The City Council postponed a vote to establish the commission after some councilors raised concerns that the draft ordinance wasn't what was intended.