Security this afternoon was a breeze. I had checked my bag with the Delta agents (who are actually…read moreoutsourced https://www.yelp.com/biz/delta-airlines-portland-4?hrid=FmasyARt_NpQOwm5wUNX5Q) so it was me and my backpack. They do have TSA Precheck here, so after I removed my mask to check ID, I headed up to the machine. I was able to keep my shoes on and my laptop in my bag. I also did not have to go through the DNA unzipper, just the magnetometer. No problems, no bag check. It was 60 seconds and I was through. This is how it should be all the time. [Review 14915 overall, 417 of 2021, number 97 in Maine.]

The TSA Checkpoint at Portland International Jetport currently does not include a TSA PreCheck…read moreline. But when I arrived to head through security - there was no one in the line in front of me. I'm guessing they don't really need one at this point given the overall volume of passenger traffic at this Airport. I jokingly asked the TSA agent where the TSA PreCheck line. He seriously answered the question - I then let him know I was just teasing him. He laughed and told me that "many folks have asked him that - and seriously wanted to know why there was not one." In any case, I proceeded through with a card that allowed me to keep my shoes on, but I still needed to take my notebook computer out of the computer bag. Breezed right on through! TSA folks at the smaller Airports are almost always so much nicer to interact with then their brethren at the larger Airports. While they are doing their jobs, at least they have a sense of humor!

I use the South Portland Community Center primarily for its pool. It's $3 for South Portland…read moreresidents, or you can buy a punchcard for 50 visits that lowers the cost-per-visit to $2.50. Not a bad deal! The people are friendly, the locker rooms are spacious and clean, and the pool is perfectly-heated. It's a great temperature for lap swimming or just playing around. In addition to the pool, there are basketball courts and an indoor track. The South Portland Community Center is a great local resource, and I'm very glad I've started taking advantage of it. If you live in the area, I suggest you do too! Just don't everybody come at once, because the pool can get pretty crowded during lap swim.

Great for open hours of youth basketball - organized chaos. And the pool is fun as well. And nice…read morethat it's open to non-SoPo residents.

right out the gate I was greeted with an angry nurse who absolutely violated my brain via my nasal…read morepassage and then given a uniform 5 sizes too big (even though I was asked for a size) and handed a blanket with what I'm assuming was half the blood from the previous owners body on it and shoved into an absolutely freezing cold room with the words "eat shit" artistically drawn on the wall. we were given what they called "beef" literally everyday for dinner in different manners and a piece of cornbread so stale you could bludgeon a man with it. 10 out of 10 5 star accommodations better than Disney

Wonderfull Experience. Staff was accommodating and the food was excellent. My stay was…read moreall-inclusive and would highly recommend a weekend stay.

Enormous ongoing summer noise ordinance issue for tenants of apartments near Congress and High St…read more We called Portland PD tonight and finally, at least once, the issue was resolved swiftly with no issues, no arrests, no problems at all. Thanks!

They appear to have falsely claimed to have issued me a snowplow-ordinance parking ticket --- "Oh,…read morewe did leave you a ticket, but someone must have taken it off again" --- but then they eventually sent me a thirty-day-unpaid-ticket notice in the mail; I suspect that they purposely "waited till the last minute" so that I would not have a chance to protest it before having to pay a late fee. (Plus I suspect that another reason that they didn't give me the ticket was that they didn't want me to know about it while I was still in the area and could thus have conveniently protested the ticket, and so they instead waited till I was all the way back home again to notify me; I live hundreds of miles from Portland, so I could not have been expected to drive all the way back there just to contest the ticket.) Plus it's not as if I had been the only one to naively park there prior to the late-night snowfall; there were many other cars parked in the same area along with mine, so many other motorists were also unaware of the parking ban; I suspect that the cops had illegally targeted my car merely because it was old and dilapidated-looking, falsely noting in their logbook that they'd issued me a ticket, but in truth merely observing my car but never issuing me a ticket. And when I protested that there were no signs prohibiting parking there, they said, "Well, we announced it on television". I didn't even HAVE a television in my hotel room, so I would have had no way of knowing; in effect, they were fining me for not watching television! They also falsely claimed that I had "used up my grace-notices" --- i.e., to encourage tourism, they are supposed to have a policy of giving you one or two "warning" notices before issuing you an actual ticket --- when in reality that was the first time in my life that I had parked in Portland.

The Tate House is a mid-eighteenth century home that was build for Captain George Tate who served…read moreas the Senior Mast Agent for the British Royal Navy. From what I remember, he helped oversee the shipments of pine trees from Maine to England. This impressive pre-Revolutionary home sits on a knoll overlooking the banks of the Fore River and boasts of a beautifully manicured yard (I would absolutely love to have a garden party here... something with fancy hats and bubbly, y'know?). I love everything about this museum, really I do...I think it has captured a frozen moment in Portland's timeline. I just think they need some new folks working here who are passionate about the right things. What I mean is, docents really can make or break an experience; when they're engaging and enthusiastic about the information they're sharing, it's infectious. When they're genuinely excited to breathe life into history, they make generations to come also excited. Unfortunately, from what I've experienced, the docents here (and the people inside the Gift Shop) are the complete opposite of that. Here's just one example (and there are many to choose from): I was once standing in the museum in a way in which a particular docent didn't like. So much so, she stopped the tour to make my friends and I reposition ourselves (multiple times) until she was happy, but then yelled at us because our arms were taking up too much space... not kidding. My suggestion is, if you can, come here during one of their events - there's a lot of different people working a lot of different areas, so one bad egg won't ruin your experience. For me, their Colonial Christmas event is absolutely spectacular (especially if there's a light dusting of snow on the ground). They really do capture the essence of the colonial times perfectly from the decorations to the period costumes to the music to the interactive games and to the delicious spread of treats in the Means House available afterwards!

I'm an old house enthusiast and this was a great house to tour…read more The guide was just ok, not great...but it's a great house to go see a typical colonial style home without trekking to Williamsburg. Put the kids in the car, take them here, and teach them about good old fashioned 'Murkan history.

It's okay. There's (currently) only an automated self-service shipping station, so if you need help…read moreshipping something or need a more complicated service, you're better off going to another post office (I'd recommend the one on Congress St). However, if you're just mailing a letter with postage, it's very convenient, with multiple drive up mailboxes out front.

Excellent customer service and knowledgeable. The service was efficient and correct. I love postage…read morestamps.