PORTLAND — History was made on a rainy afternoon in the Deering High School gym last week, when a new kind of basketball team took the court for the first time. The city’s first Unified basketball team, a partnership between Deering and Portland high schools, combines students who have developmental disabilities with non-varsity student partners […]
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Portland’s Kalie Shorr finds her comfort zone in Nashville
PORTLAND — When Kalie Shorr moved from Portland to Nashville to pursue a career in music two years ago, no one who knew her was surprised. That’s because Shorr, now 21, has been serious about making music pretty much her entire life. She grew up singing in church, sang her first solo when she was […]
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Portland Press Herald to move operations to South Portland
PORTLAND — The Portland Press Herald will move its newsroom to South Portland, all but ending the newspaper’s physical presence in Portland. The move to 295 Gannett Drive, which will occur as soon as the company’s One City Center offices can be subleased, was announced Wednesday by Publisher and MaineToday Media Chief Executive Officer Lisa […]
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Portland City Council seeks to block CVS by amending Forest Avenue zoning
PORTLAND — After Mayor Ethan Strimling outlined challenges facing the city Monday, councilors moved to encourage new housing along a stretch of Forest Avenue now targeted for a new business. Following Strimling’s 10-minute State of the City speech, the City Council unanimously approved an order asking the Planning Board for a recommendation on changing Forest Avenue […]
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Portland, residents begin mediation on Stevens Avenue zoning
PORTLAND — A lawsuit against the city over a Stevens Avenue zoning change heads to court-ordered mediation on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The plaintiffs’ attorney, David Lourie, was pessimistic about a resolution being reached outside a courtroom. “I think it is very clear mediation is not going to work,” Lourie said Tuesday. “The problem is with the […]
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Portland schools seek $500K to assess building needs
PORTLAND — In a week when the ramp at Howard C. Reiche Community School was closed because of structural concerns, School Department officials continued looking into a facilities assessment for all school buildings. Whether the issue at Reiche is an isolated incident or one piece of a larger problem is something the department and School […]
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New keeper promises proactive advocacy for Casco Bay
PORTLAND — As important as it is for Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca to understand the bay, she said it’s just as important to know the people who live and work near it. “One of the biggest accomplishments I want to have in the coming year is to get out there and meet as many people as […]
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Portland Police Beat: Feb. 3
Arrests 1/24 at 12:57 a.m. Mundher M. Ayesh, 21, of Biddeford, was arrested on Fore Street by Officer Erik Richard on a charge of disorderly conduct. 1/24 at 2:01 a.m. Hillary A. Brennan, 25, of Vinalhaven, was arrested on Chandlers Wharf by Officer Kathryn Phelan on a charge of disorderly conduct. 1/24 at 6:29 p.m. Timothy P. Stevens, 55, […]
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Nonprofit seeks to restore Jewish cemeteries in Portland, South Portland
PORTLAND — A new nonprofit group has stepped forward to help preserve the legacy of the Portland-area Jewish community. “One of the things we want to do is bring the cemeteries back into the communities,” Southern Maine Jewish Cemetery Association President Wayne Goodman said Jan. 29. “There is a lot of heritage there. There is a […]
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Food vendor sought for The Castle at Portland’s Deering Oaks
PORTLAND — Serve it and they will come. That is the premise behind a collaboration between the city and Friends of Deering Oaks to bring a food vendor back to The Castle, the restored brick building at the edge of the park on State Street. Troy Moon, the city’s manager of environmental programs and open spaces, and […]