PORTLAND — The Casco Bay Crop Hunger Walk will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, along Back Cove. Organizers have set a goal of 150 walkers and raising at least $15,000 to help stop hunger and poverty. Eleven area churches are cooperating to sponsor the walk, which is held every other year. A […]
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Crop Hunger Walk to be held in Portland
PORTLAND — The Casco Bay Crop Hunger Walk will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, along Back Cove. Organizers have set a goal of 150 walkers and raising at least $15,000 to help stop hunger and poverty. Eleven area churches are cooperating to sponsor the walk, which is held every other year. A […]
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Portland attorney Frank confirmed as top federal prosecutor in Maine
PORTLAND — City resident Halsey Frank was confirmed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate as the next U.S. attorney for the District of Maine. The confirmation of Frank, who was an assistant U.S. attorney, was announced in a press release by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. “Halsey is an intelligent, highly competent, experienced law enforcement professional,” Collins […]
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Portland land sales praised as 'milestone' for Bayside
PORTLAND — Four pieces of city property in Bayside were sold Monday for nearly $3.9 million. The fate of nearly 3 acres in the Redlon Park area off Stevens Avenue, meanwhile, will wait until Oct. 16 after a vote to place them in the city land bank was postponed. “This is a milestone for Bayside by selling […]
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Maine State Pier plans fill Portland council workshop
PORTLAND — As he prepares to depart the City Council, Councilor David Brenerman said Monday he wants some feedback on redeveloping the Maine State Pier and Portland Ocean Terminal on Commercial Street. “The building has not been used to its fullest extent in years,” Brenerman said. “It is time to do something, so no one is […]
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Maine State Pier plans fill Portland council workshop
PORTLAND — As he prepares to depart the City Council, Councilor David Brenerman said Monday he wants some feedback on redeveloping the Maine State Pier and Portland Ocean Terminal on Commercial Street. “The building has not been used to its fullest extent in years,” Brenerman said. “It is time to do something, so no one is […]
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New USM scholarship seen as ‘game-changer’ for disadvantaged students
PORTLAND — Described as a game-changer for at-risk students, the University of Southern Maine announced a new $15 million scholarship program Monday. The Promise Scholarship is designed to give disadvantaged students the leg up they need to get the post-secondary education they require to transform their lives. The goal is to help “talented students overcome financial, […]
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Portland’s new municipal organist ready to break barriers
PORTLAND — Organ music, according to the city’s new municipal organist, “is not just for old fuddy-duddies.” “The trick,” James Kennerley said, “is to break down the barriers that make some people think organ music is for elites or organ music is boring.” Kennerley is Portland’s 11th municipal organist and will hold his inaugural concert on the […]
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Maine Medical Center expansion in Portland gets 2 approvals
PORTLAND — The proposed $512 million expansion of Maine Medical Center cleared two hurdles last week with approvals from the city Planning Board and the state. On Sept. 26, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced it granted a certificate of need required for the hospital to build 128 new patient rooms and 19 new […]
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Students pursue women's rights through Portland High School club
PORTLAND — Why do women make less money than men? Why is almost everything marketed to women pink or some other “fluffy color? Why are the insults men have for each other rooted in feminine traits? These are just some of the questions members of the Women’s Rights Club at Portland High School grappled with at […]