Wed. 1/14 5:30 p.m. Housing & Community Development Committee CH Thur. 1/15 noon CDBG Allocation Committee CH Thur. 1/15 1 p.m. Substance Abuse Subcommittee CH Thur. 1/15 4 p.m. Portland Development Corp. Board of Directors CH Fri. 1/16 3 p.m. Mayor’s Food Initiative/Policy & Planning Workgroup CH Tues. 1/20 4:30 p.m. Planning Board CH Tues. […]
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Student in Portland adds vision to song about human trafficking
PORTLAND — When it comes to music videos, you probably don’t expect a high school senior to be a major creative force in production. But that’s exactly what Waynflete School student Mike Rodway, 18, was for a national recording artist’s song about human trafficking. Rodway said he didn’t know much about human trafficking before making […]
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Portland seeks reversal of ruling against loitering ordinance
PORTLAND — As the late-morning temperatures struggled to reach zero on Thursday, Jan. 8, Harry Farmer, 27, took what he sees as his rightful spot in the median strip on Franklin Street where it intersects Marginal Way. “I spend half my day looking for work, half out here,” he said. “It is a freedom-of-speech issue.” […]
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Portland circus college launches recreational classes
PORTLAND — The circus has finally come to town. The Circus Conservatory of America, which is scheduled to launch the first-ever accredited circus college in the United States in the fall, opened for recreational classes Monday at Thompson’s Point. More than a dozen classes are being offered, both for youth and adults, generally running from […]
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Portland celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day to mark Voting Rights Act anniversary
PORTLAND — The 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 will get special recognition when the Portland chapter of the NAACP hosts its 34th annual breakfast celebration of the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The breakfast, which culminates a weekend of activities, will be held from […]
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Portland forums to study immigration, economics
PORTLAND — Immigration, assimilation and economic opportunities are being examined in local forums this week and through late spring. “Immigration in Our Future” is the title of an hour-long discussion beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the First Parish Church, 425 Congress St. Moderated by Munjoy Hill resident and Southern Maine Community College […]
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Portland launches phone app for complaints, questions
PORTLAND — Quality-of-life issues in the city can be reported digitally through a new phone app and the city website, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin announced Sunday. Fix It! Portland allows people to report potholes, malfunctioning street lamps, or to request inspections for possible property hazards and safety violations. Grondin said the requests will be automatically […]
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The Universal Notebook: Veto the Keystone frack pipe
With gasoline now hovering near a mere $2 a gallon, two questions jump immediately to mind. When will President Obama get credit for turning the economy around? Answer: Probably never. And who in the world would think it was a good idea to build the Keystone XL pipeline? Answer: Republicans and oil corporations, that’s who. […]
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Abby's Road: The colors of friendship
The first song I remember learning is the one about making new friends, but keeping the old, one being silver and the other gold. I now appreciate the song’s intent with a depth unavailable to me in preschool. I would add another verse with more colors of the rainbow, though. For so much of my […]
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Policy Wonk: With Portland’s Midtown project, less can be more
The paradoxical phrase “less is more” was coined by the renowned early 20th century architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Breaking with “bigger is better” architectural styles of the past, Mies van der Rohe emphasized form, shape, scale, design, use of new cost efficient materials. He argued that simplicity (“less”) could produce its own beauty […]