Though there is only one public beach in the town of Portland (East End Beach), shorelines abound in the nearby Casco Bay Islands. The Casco Bay Islands are a group of islands located off the ...

The crew of the Royal Navy warship HMS Portland returned home to a rapturous welcome in Plymouth on Friday after a successful seven-month deployment to West Africa, the Falkland Islands and the ...

A Christmas carol service will be hosted by the mayor at a church on Portland. The Civic Christmas Carol Service will be held ...

Temporary traffic lights will be in place close to the sewage pumping station in High Street, Southwell (the road to Portland Bill) and on Wakeham, Easton (near Portland Museum), to help tankers move ...

A Christmas carol event on Portland has raised hundreds for good causes. The Portland Christmas Carol Service at the Easton Methodist Church raised £372 for the Mayor of Portland Sheila Miles' chosen ...

Portland doesn't end at the waterfront. Peaks Island, one of the Casco Bay Islands, is 3 miles east of downtown's shore and about a 15-minute boat ride away. Peaks Island was known as the Coney ...