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Dion captures Portland City Council seat, Irish wins school board election in District 5

by Michael Kelley November 3, 2020November 6, 2020

Mark Dion won a four-way race for the District 5 council seat and Jeffrey Irish beat Anthony Emerson for the District 5 seat on the school board.

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Zarro elected to Portland City Council, Russell-Bedder elected to school board

by Michael Kelley November 3, 2020November 6, 2020

Andrew Zarro will replace Justin Costa on the City Council and Aura Russell-Bedder will replace Timothy Atkinson

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Historic voter turnout expected in Portland

by Michael Kelley November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

Voter turnout is expected to far exceed the November 2016 presidential election, which included close to 39,000 voters.

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Four schools in Portland see positive COVID tests

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

PORTLAND — Four individuals at Rowe Elementary School, King Middle School, Lyman Moore Middle School and Portland High School have tested positive for COVID-19. As many as 50 individuals at Portland High will be required to quarantine for two weeks. “We are informing everyone to be transparent and out of an abundance of caution,” Superintendent […]

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University of New England lays out five-year plan for Portland campus

by Michael Kelley October 28, 2020November 2, 2020

The top priority of the plan is the relocation of the College of Osteopathic Medicine from Biddeford into a new building behind the old armory on Stevens Avenue.

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New study to look at passenger ferry between Portland, South Portland

by Sean Murphy October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

SOUTH PORTLAND — A new traffic study aims to collect data that might put to rest once and for all the feasibility of a passenger ferry service linking South Portland and Portland. “There isn’t a hard and fast study that’s done the work we’re doing now,” said Milan Nevajda, director of planning and development in […]