SPECIAL AWARDS
The 2016 Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Awards were announced Oct. 29 in South Portland. Special awards included:
General Excellence for Weekend
Digital General Excellence, second
Daily General Excellence, third
Advertising Person of the Year: Jean Berg
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FIRST PLACE, SPECIAL ONLINE PROJECT
Welcome to Portland: No vacancy
Explore stories, data, drone video, historic photos and more in our special report on the city's housing crisis.
FIRST PLACE, PICTURE STORY
For one couple on prom night, love is in the air
More than 20,000 people with special needs gathered at churches around the country for the Night to Shine, including at Eastpoint Christian Church in Portland.
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OPINION
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If he gets a pass on his latest insensitive remark, what does that say about all of us?
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His refusal to sign bills, fill appointments and issue bonds creates division and dysfunction that will last long beyond his term in office.
COLUMNS / REVIEWS
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Dinner here is no fast-to-fade one-night stand.
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The Portland Museum of Art reopens after a three-week closure.
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Now in her 80s, Edith McCormick still makes the nut-and-cherry-topped pastry for church gatherings, funerals and hungry neighbors.
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Pascaline Lisembe demonstrates how to make cassava, a stew that is a staple dish in central African nations.
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