Rubbing their hands and breathing dragon smoke into the cold air, residents rush inside the bright green building. The temperature outside has barely hit double digits, so the warm lobby inside Bayside Anchor, a low-income apartment building in Portland, is a happy reprieve. The lobby is also an architectural feat, as Bayside Anchor has no

LEWISTON — A housing development bringing 35 units to the downtown cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when the City Council gave initial approval for developers to build more units than allowed in the residential zone. For the past six years, the lot at Blake and Pine streets has been empty following a string of fires

PORTLAND (WGME) — A new report released Wednesday shows Maine has the lowest rates in New England for testing children for exposure to lead poisoning. Under federal mandates, one- and two-year-olds should be tested for lead poisoning during yearly check-ups, but new data shows, here in Maine, not even half of children that age are

The former Fox School in South Paris is about to welcome residents into what is now new senior housing. Portland nonprofit Avesta has converted the two-story former school into 12 affordable rental apartments for seniors. The residence is scheduled to open at the end of the month. As part of the redevelopment, Avesta is collecting memories from

PARIS — On a warm June afternoon in 1919, a large crowd from Norway and Paris gathered at the Paris High School diamond to cheer on their baseball teams during the last game of the season — a week after classes ended for the school year. The two rival teams concluded their season with a