The Public Health Division will hold public input sessions throughout the community once a plan is drafted.
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Portland girl has Super time at Bowl game
The once-in-a-lifetime experience for Stella Hang, 12, included tickets to the Super Bowl game, the chance to meet NFL players – and the opportunity to take to the field as part of an NFL commercial.
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Voter registration mailings concern some residents
Voters in Cumberland County may have received mailings claiming they are not registered to vote, but they are.
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Services sparse for Shalom House program’s former clients
The community integration program, cut because of reimbursement costs, forces 170 clients to find service elsewhere.
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Residents to push for senior center on former school site
The Douglass Street property is also being looked at by the city for housing.
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Cons of Portland school reconfiguration outweigh benefits, opponents say
A proposal to cut costs for Portland Schools would restructure eight elementary schools, resulting in the transfer of students from neighborhood schools.
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Gallery celebrates the contemporary for state’s 200th birthday
The Portland 2020 photography exhibit will be shown through April 4.
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Vast majority of Portland sidewalks don’t meet ADA standards
There is a backlog of $123 million in needed sidewalk repairs and upwards of $88 million in needed street repairs.
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Spike in pedestrian fatalities spurs action
There were 18 pedestrian fatalities in 2019, three times as many as in 2018, and safety groups hope a combination of increased education and enforcement reverses that trend.
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Portland area girls’ chorus to bring songs of diversity to Cumberland church
Pihcintu, which is Passamaquoddy for “when she sings, her voice carries far,” has 34 members from 22 countries.