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After summons for OAS, Portland School Board member promises to be a better driver
PORTLAND — A spotty driving record has landed a newly elected School Board member in minor legal trouble. Pious Ali, 44, was issued a summons Dec. 20 in Falmouth on a charge of driving with a suspended license. The summons shed light on a driving record that includes three crashes in three years. Ali, who […]
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Portland seeks funds for intersection improvements
PORTLAND — A City Council committee is backing a request for federal and state funds that could bring changes to two key Portland intersections. The Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee on Dec. 18 endorsed an application for funds to overhaul the six-way intersection of Brighton and Deering avenues and Falmouth Street, near the University of […]
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Program lends an ear to Maine military veterans
PORTLAND — Art At Work, a national program started in Portland that engages government employees in art-making, is preparing to launch two major projects in 2014. But without financial help, they may never get off the ground. The program is relying on a crowd-funding campaign to raise $25,000, which will support “All the Way Home,” […]
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Too much or just right? Midtown housing-and-retail project polarizes Portland
PORTLAND — Two weeks before the Planning Board is scheduled to continue hearing public testimony – and, perhaps, to vote – on a proposed high-rise housing and retail complex in Bayside, opinion remains sharply divided about the Midtown project. The board on Jan. 14 will reconvene a hearing that began Dec. 10 with comments from […]
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Portland debut set for monster film project by Maine artists, students
PORTLAND — Figures of Speech Theatre’s film adaptation of “Frankenstein” should appeal to fans of silent cinema. And puppetry. And pen-and-ink illustration. And toy theater. And even thaumatropes, those Victorian-era, disk-and-string toys that spun to simulate motion in the days before animation. It’s a true mixed-media presentation. The ambitious project, the culmination of an 18-month […]
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Refrigeration leak in NH sends 9 to hospital
Victims in Ringe complained of dizziness and respiratory problems.
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Forecaster Forum: Wind yields major environmental benefits for Maine
Wind energy is providing Maine impressive environmental benefits. Burning coal, gas, and other fossil fuels to generate electricity consumes vast amounts of water, makes our air unhealthy to breathe, and is the leading source of the carbon pollution fueling the climate crisis. The climate crisis threatens so much of what makes our state home: lobstering, […]
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Short Relief: Tell Portland City Hall you're tired of the same old swamp
Portland’s Bayside neighborhood used to be a swamp. In a heavy rain, it still gets flooded by runoff coming down the hill from Cumberland Avenue. Over the years, it was filled in and used for a variety of industrial and residential purposes. Those included a railroad, foundries, lumber yards, warehouses and junkyards, and relatively diverse, […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 1-14
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Thursday 1/9 “Rumpelstiltskin” auditions, 3-5 p.m., Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234 ext. 247, prepare one minute monologue or song, no experience required. Film Friday 1/3 “Teen Beach Movie,” 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, free. Sunday 1/12 “Bending […]