PORTLAND — A 23-year-old man will be returned to Portland to face charges in the Nov. 21, 2014, shooting death of Richard Lobor in an apartment at 214 Brighton Ave. Police Lt. James Sweatt announced Jan. 2 that arrangements were being made to return Abdirahman Haji-Hassan from Minneapolis, where he was arrested Dec. 19 by […]
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South Portland to extend grid for electric vehicles
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city will add its fourth electric vehicle charging station this month and will likely add a third EV to its fleet in 2015. Yet even as South Portland carves its own path toward environmental sustainability, the city and the state still have a way to go to adequately accommodate the growing number […]
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Portland church to be sold to Jewish Community Alliance
PORTLAND — St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church at 1342 Congress St. will be sold to the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine. “The JCA has completed a purchase and sale agreement for the land on which we will build our new home,” alliance President Steven Brinn and Executive Director Emily Chaleff announced Dec. 22 in […]
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Arts Calendar: Dec. 31 to Jan. 13
Greater Portland Books/Authors Monday 1/12 “Twisted Threads,” book signing with author Lea Wait, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. Film “Antarctica: A Year on Ice,” Friday, Jan. 9, 6:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, 2 p.m., $8, students $6, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148. Thursday 1/8 […]
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Community Calendar: Dec. 31 to Jan. 13
Greater Portland Bulletin Board Wednesday 12/31 “New Year’s Planetarium,” ongoing shows and live broadcast of Times Square countdown, 7 p.m., $6 donation, Southworth Planetarium, University of Southern Maine, 70 Falmouth St., Portland, 780-4249. New Year’s Eve Celebration and “Clam Drop,” 7 p.m., free, First Universalist Church, 97 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4148. Saturday 1/10 Youth Basketball […]
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Wilma E.D. Kinney, 91
PORTLAND — Wilma Elizabeth DeTar Kinney, 91, died Dec. 17. She was born Jan. 26, 1923, in Anthony, Kansas, and graduated from high school there. Soon afterward, she moved to Stratford, Connecticut, at the invitation of her older brother, Don, and his family. Kinney attended business school in Connecticut, and worked first as a secretary […]
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Portland Meetings: Dec. 31 to Jan. 6
Mon. 1/5 2:30 p.m. Fire/Code Inspections Task Force CH Mon. 1/5 5:30 p.m. City Council (Workshop) CH Mon. 1/5 7 p.m. City Council CH
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Melissa J.R. Bourque, 47: A mother's caring extended to schools, church, community
PORTLAND — Melissa Jane Rector Bourque, 47, died Dec. 25 at her home in Portland, with her family by her side, after a long and courageous battle with Crohn’s disease and colon cancer. Bourque was born in Boston on Oct. 31, 1967, the only daughter and youngest of four children of Jane Christison Rector Coles […]
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People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments Andree Appel has been named the first executive director of Oasis Health Network, parent organization of Oasis Heath Center, a no-cost medical clinic serving uninsured, low-income adults in Brunswick. Appel has been with the organization since 1998, first as a volunteer care provider, and more recently as its first clinical […]
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Portland woman aims to crowdsource lobstering career
PORTLAND — When Marianna Tracy first went lobstering 15 years ago on Cliff Island, she knew she’d found her calling. “I just loved it, I tried it one day when I moved to the island and I fell in love with being on the water,” Tracy said last week. She said she went out for […]