PORTLAND — The seventh annual Make Music Portland festival will bring back an event that garnered national attention last year – shower singing. The schedule for this year’s festival, which runs from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, June 21, also includes new venues, new performers and free music lessons, many of which are family-friendly. Make Music Portland, which began […]
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Portland school advocacy group changes name
PORTLAND — The advocacy group Protect Our Neighborhood Schools, formed several years ago to push for renovation and updates at four of the city’s elementary schools, has changed its name. The group will now be known as Equity in Portland Schools. The name change is an effort “to reboot from a campaign organization to a […]
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Night work continues near Baxter Boulevard
PORTLAND — The city is urging drivers to find alternate routes around a continuing sewer project at Forest Avenue, Bedford Street and Baxter Boulevard. The Portland Water District’s Bedford Street sewer separation and water main replacement project, which began June 11, involves the repair of utility trenches within that intersection. According to the city, lane reductions […]
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Public invited to keep eyes on Casco Bay with Water Reporter app
SOUTH PORTLAND — Since it was founded 30 years ago, Friends of Casco Bay has found it takes a community to properly monitor and care for Casco Bay. “We can’t be everywhere at once and we can’t see everything,” said Sarah Lyman, Friends of Casco Bay’s community engagement coordinator. One of the key ways the organization is […]
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Overnight closures on Interstate 295 in Falmouth
FALMOUTH — Both directions of Interstate 295 between Exit 9 and Exit 10 will be closed for four hours each morning through Thursday, June 20. The Maine Department of Transportation said detours will be in effect from 1-5 a.m. because of construction at the Lunt Road overpass. Partial lane closures will also take place all […]
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Portland middle schoolers bring native plants back to Deering Oaks
PORTLAND — Sixth graders from King Middle School spent a recent morning planting native wildflowers, shrubs and trees in Deering Oaks Park that have particular connections to and benefits for the park. The 80 students grew and planted more than 30 different species of Maine plants designed to attract various insects that will provide food for […]
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Deaf Mainer first in the state to earn Ph.D.
PORTLAND — Too often decisions are made for the deaf and hard of hearing without their insight and input, particularly when it comes to language acquisition. That’s one reason Regan Thibodeau, who was born deaf, said she wanted so much to earn a doctorate in public policy. “This degree allows me to not only come up […]
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Westbrook concert promoter promises less noise impact
WESTBROOK — The concert promoter at Rock Row promised residents Monday they would be “pleasantly surprised” by the noise impact of the next concert at Maine Savings Pavilion. More than 50 residents met with Waterfront Concerts and Rock Row officials at the Westbrook Community Center to discuss noise control before the second show at the […]
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Grants to help clean up Portland, South Portland brownfield sites
PORTLAND — The federal government is giving $1.5 million to three Portland organizations and $800,000 to two South Portland projects to redevelop contaminated properties. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program last week awarded $6 million to redevelopment projects throughout the state, including $500,000 each to The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Maine Port Authority, and […]
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Temporary Portland art installation explores cross-cultural connections
PORTLAND — Fusing public art and culinary diplomacy, a new art installation is designed to connect people from disparate cultures while introducing them to ethnically important foods. An opening reception for the new sculpture, called “Mother’s Garden,” will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Fox Field & Playground, at the corner of Fox […]