PORTLAND — Firefighters know there’s a chance they might not return from fighting a blaze, but studies show they are also at risk from a silent danger – toxic chemicals that can be released by the flames. In Maine, the Environmental Health Strategy Center has spent months lobbying the Legislature to pass a first-in-the-nation bill that would […]
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LaCasse sets high bar for Portland City Council campaign funding
PORTLAND — Nomination papers for the November election cannot be submitted before Aug. 14, but campaign finance reports show City Council races could be expensive this year. Bree LaCasse, who hopes to unseat incumbent at-large City Councilor Jill Duson, raised more than $19,200 through June 30, according to a semi-annual spending report filed July 17. Candidates […]
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Progressive ties benefit Portland school bond PAC
PORTLAND — The political action committee advocating for the school construction bond on the November city ballot got a fundraising boost from Progressive Portland, with several loans totaling more than $1,000. The loans, made April 27, May 12 and June 8, are more than a third of the nearly $2,700 Protect Our Neighborhood Schools reported raising […]
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Greater Portland gets $9.9M for paths, sidewalks, streets
PORTLAND — Nearly $2.7 million in pedestrian and sidewalk improvements on Route 77 in Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and Portland are included in a nearly $10 million package of transportation projects to be funded over the next five years. The Policy Committee of the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, or PACTS, voted July 20 to fund the […]
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Portland chef, Falmouth lobstering family team up for take-out
PORTLAND — Craving a lobster taco or fresh oysters? The new Linda Kate Lobster & Seafood Co. store on the Portland-Falmouth line may have what you desire. Chef Sam Bergeron has partnered with the Nappis, a Falmouth-based lobstering family, to add catering and prepared foods to the Nappis’ wholesale operation at 1035 Ocean Ave. The retail store […]
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Falmouth High principal gets post at Deering High in Portland
PORTLAND — The School Board next week is expected to approve the appointment of Falmouth High School Principal Gregg Palmer as principal of Deering High School. Palmer’s appointment was announced by the School Department July 21. Deering is Portland’s largest high school, and also has Maine’s most diverse student body. The School Board is scheduled […]
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What’s good to eat? Portland camp teaches kids all about gardening
PORTLAND — While many parents struggle to convince their kids to eat a vegetable – any vegetable – youngsters taking part in the Roots to Shoots summer gardening camp at Reiche Elementary School will happily eat a salad topped off with nasturtiums. Six campers are learning where their food comes from and how to become community garden […]
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Name that team: Portland ECHL entry launches contest
PORTLAND — Players won’t hit the ice until October 2018, but officials with the city’s new professional hockey team began lacing ’em up July 20. “I only wish we could drop the puck right now and start playing,” Danny Briere said at the Cross Insurance Arena press conference where team officials were introduced. A former National Hockey […]
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5th to 1st in the Peaks to Portland
Eric Nilsson, 30, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, emerges from the water to claim first place Saturday, July 22, in the 36th annual YMCA of Southern Maine Peaks to Portland swim at East End Beach. Nilsson, who came in fifth a year ago, finished the 2.4-mile race in 43:19.7. The benefit for the Y’s youth development program […]
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Midtown developers to seek permit for Portland garage
PORTLAND — The Midtown mixed-use development on Somerset Street is expected to take a leap forward this week when developers file their first building permit application. “We are moving forward with the garage in the short term, and it has a retail component,” spokesman Patrick Venne said Monday. Venne, a local attorney working for property owners […]