Call fipeo.com a cross between Facebook and Skype, and Tom Houge bristles.

Call fipeo.com a cross between Facebook and Skype, and Tom Houge bristles.

PORTLAND — The city is hoping to build on a string of successes in other cities where courts have ruled against attempts by Occupy groups to stay in municipal parks while they protest income inequality and Wall Street excesses.

The study finds that every dollar invested in early childhood education produces a dividend of up to $16 in economic benefit.

PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Civic Center’s trustees will soon decide if it’s worth it to complete a $33 million renovation quickly, even if that means shutting down the arena while the work is under way.

Let’s face it, golf equipment isn’t typically a use-it-right-now Christmas present in Maine.

PORTLAND — The standoff between city officials and Occupy Maine protesters camped out in Lincoln Park is expected to soon shift from the City Council chambers to a courtroom.

PORTLAND — Appeals of the discipline meted out to a Portland fire captain and a firefighter will likely keep the city’s official account of a costly accident aboard its fireboat under wraps for about a year.

CAPE ELIZABETH — Large interpretive signs help explain Battery Blair to visitors at the town’s Fort Williams Park. Joe Edgar says much more interesting things are under those visitors’ feet.