The city has given Avesta Housing a lease option on the Brighton Avenue site to explore the project’s feasibility and it agrees to market three other city-owned properties for potential development.
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Casco Bay Bridge gets aesthetic additions
Touches of art been added to the bridge as part of a project to update its aging light poles.
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‘Reading Refuges’ project aims to inspire kids at home
The goal is to provide 61 English language learners at Reiche School with 20 books each and then expand from there.
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USM launches plan to enhance Portland campus
A 550-bed residence hall and a student/career center are targeted for completion in 2022.
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Annual memorial vigil mourns deaths among homeless
More than 40 men and women who died this year are remembered in Portland as advocates urge community effort to end homelessness.
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Rabbi’s legacy will live on, friends and colleagues say
Harry Sky, a longtime leader in the Portland Jewish community, is remembered for his devotion to lifelong learning and civil rights and as “an intellectual giant.”
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Singing officer tweaks ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’
Officer Jeremy Turner rewrites and sings the lyrics of “12 Days of Christmas” with a focus on law enforcement.
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Restoration, upgrades in works for Western Prom
The parks commission and historic preservation board will review a draft plan Jan. 22.
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Portland Housing Authority gets $1.2M in tax credits for two projects
Revenue from the tax credits will be used for the redevelopment of Front Street and the renovation of Washington Gardens.
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Vigil remembers victims of gun violence, urges action
Gun control advocacy groups also mark the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings.