The city said the few valuable items found during the sweeps were given to police because they were suspected of being stolen.
2023
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The Legislature is stepping up to meet Maine students’ needs, but our work isn’t done
Reading proficiency grants and boosting multilingual learner staffing and specialized preschool reimbursement all represent progress. But we need to do more on mental health, workforce development and student homelessness.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Live Music Lineup: Folk rock, modern chamber and Celtic tunes this weekend
Head to Yarmouth on Saturday for the autumn installment of Vigorous Tenderness.
Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Henry’s both preserves and elevates beloved Old Port pub
The Miranda Group’s upgrade of the longtime Bull Feeney’s location is a sign of the area maturing.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Old Port should make improvements to public space
Adding well-kept public restrooms, cleaning the streets, and sidewalks and assigning police officers on foot or bicycle to curb joy-riders would help visitors feel more welcome.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Face the Music: A decade later, Lady Lamb to play debut album at the State
The Brunswick native, who now lives in New York, released ‘Ripely Pine’ when she was 23.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This, Maine
Indie Film: A filmmaker is documenting efforts to revive a Belfast theater. Will there be a happy ending?
The Colonial, which closed a year ago, has drawn the attention of Anne Continelli, who made a movie about a similar situation in the Boston area.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Hunt for ‘rogue’ prosecutors is an attack on democracy
New laws like the one in Georgia insidiously succeed where Donald Trump and his followers fell short following their 2020 defeat.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Tuberville should be chastised by Republican colleagues
The Republican Party has always supported the military. Recently, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been holding the Pentagon hostage by refusing to promote military personnel. Currently, 31 admirals who have been approved, and who Tuberville voted to approve, cannot be promoted. The Marines are without a Senate-confirmed commandant for the first time in more than […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Stop the sweeping of homeless camps
What do we do to care compassionately for our unhoused friends who have no place to go, no safety, no shelter when it rains or gets cold? I was really sad when I learned about the “sweeps” of homeless encampments happening in Portland. A “sweep” is when unhoused people’s camps are destroyed and people are […]