The crash occurred near the credit union across from the USM campus in Portland.
November 2016
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Swiss family warns Portland about climate change
PORTLAND — The last time the Schwörer family went grocery shopping, they were in Honolulu in May. On Oct. 28, Dario Schwörer, Sabine Schwörer, and their children Salina, Andri, Noe, Alegra and Mia were at Ri Ra Irish Pub on Commercial Street to share warnings about climate change, rising sea levels and environmental damages they have seen in 16 years […]
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Cutback, layoffs at Verso’s Androscoggin Mill hit town hard
The plant in Jay will idle one of its three machines, putting 190 people out of work and rattling the community in another blow to Maine’s papermaking industry.
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High court to hear appeal of Stevens Avenue zoning in Portland
PORTLAND — The zoning change needed to build new housing at the former St. Joseph’s Convent on Stevens Avenue will be challenged Nov. 10 before Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court. A group called Friends of the Motherhouse, spearheaded by residents Raymond Foote and Barbara Weed, is fighting to block 250 housing units planned on 7.5 acres. The […]
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Portland STEM expo scheduled for Friday
PORTLAND — The third annual Portland Public Schools STEM Exposition will be Friday, Nov. 4, at at the University of Southern Maine’s Sullivan Gymnasium. The event is a partnership with EnviroLogix, a Portland-based company that creates testing solutions for detecting GMOs, mycotoxins, molds, pathogens, algal toxins and pesticides. More than 1,800 visitors and presenters are […]
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Maine universities offer dual-degree program
PORTLAND — The University of Maine School of Law and the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service have announced a new, accelerated dual degree program. The new program will allow students to gain a juris doctor degree and a master’s in public health in four years by participating in a summer study […]
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Capisic Pond tour set for Saturday in Portland
PORTLAND — Improvements to Capisic Pond will be on display Saturday, Nov. 5 during a tour conducted by city officials and contractors, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin announced Oct. 28. The tour begins at 10 a.m. at the Macy Street entrance and will highlight the $1.1 million project to remove invasive species from the bottom of the […]
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Six dead after buses crash in Baltimore
No children were on the school bus that crashed into a commuter bus, police say.
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Celebration honors victims on 2nd anniversary of Portland fire
PORTLAND — A three-hour Celebration of Life brought friends and family of the six victims of the Nov. 1, 2014, fire at 20-24 Noyes St. to Longfellow Park on Sunday, Oct. 30. David Foster, coordinator of the Noyes Street Fire Memorial Committee, said the event was intended to share memories, music and food in the park, just […]
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Reflections in broken glass: A Falmouth woman’s Holocaust story
FALMOUTH — A tall man, meticulously dressed in a green tunic and highly polished boots, handsome, and with penetrating eyes, held Edith Herz in his gaze. She knew at that moment, her fate was in his hands. Josef Mengele pointed to the right. Against all odds, the short, skinny and naked girl would, for the moment, […]