A couple walks past a mural on Free Street in Portland on Sunday morning, Dec. 15, after the season’s first major snowfall. Portland resident Andy Marshall throws snowballs for Lucy, a shepherd mix, to chase on Sunday morning, Dec. 15, at Tommy’s Park in Portland. Norman Warren, of Portland, sports a high-visibility snowsuit on Sunday, […]
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Parking ban overnight Saturday in Portland
PORTLAND – A citywide parking ban has been declared beginning at 10 p.m. tonight through noon Sunday in anticipation of a significant winter storm. Parking is available at: Deering Oaks, on left side of Tennis Court Road State Street gravel lot, abutting Deering Oaks Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot Hadlock Field parking lot All Portland Public […]
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Reopening of historic Portland hotel hailed as ‘recapturing of the city’
PORTLAND — The red sign still glows high above the city. But east is now west. With the parting of a ribbon, the Eastland Park Hotel became the Westin Portland Harborview on Thursday. The 18-month, $50-million project ushers in 289 rooms, 100 jobs, panoramic views of Portland and renewed vitality for a downtown area that […]
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3 charged in Portland drug bust
PORTLAND — Two Massachusetts men and a Portland woman were arrested after police on Tuesday allegedly found six pounds of marijuana, two bags of psychedelic mushrooms and $33,000 of cash in the woman’s apartment at 23 Noyes St., Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Wednesday. Jessie Fredrickson, 31, of Portland, was issued […]
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Water main break shuts Portland intersection
PORTLAND — A “significant” water main break at Bolton and Congress streets, in Libbytown, shut down the intersection Wednesday morning, Deputy City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian said. A Portland Water District crew was repairing the broken main, and Bolton Street was closed to traffic exiting onto Congress Street. Traffic has local access to Bolton Street via […]
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Portland Planning Board delays action on 1st phase of $150 million, four-tower Bayside project
PORTLAND — Developers seeking city approvals to start work on what would ultimately be a $150-million, four-tower, two-parking garage project in the city’s Bayside neighborhood will have to wait at least a bit longer. Approaching the fifth hour of discussion – after 50 people spoke either for or against the project – the Planning Board decided not […]
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Portland Pirates get new owner, score in courtroom
PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates hockey team, playing in Lewiston after negotiations for a new lease at the Cumberland County Civic Center failed, has a new majority owner. Ron Cain, a co-owner of the Pirates’ practice facility in Saco who previously held a minority ownership in the team, has acquired additional shares of the team […]
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Portland-area students urged to login, learn code
PORTLAND — For an hour Monday, a math class at Lincoln Middle School was a cacophony of squawking birds and moaning zombies. Amid the noise, about 10 students leaned into their iPads and used computer codes to manipulate Angry Birds and the undead through a series of mazes as part of Hour of Code, a […]
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State office decision leaves Portland out in the cold
PORTLAND — While opposition continues to the state’s recent decision to move the offices of two social service agencies from Bayside to South Portland, a look at Maine cities reveals contrasts in the way other offices have been situated. If the offices move to the new site, Portland will be the only major city in […]
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Portland marijuana law adds to enforcement haze
PORTLAND — The city’s new law legalizing the use of small amounts of marijuana took effect Friday, Dec. 6, but no one seems quite sure what the impact of the ordinance will be. Voters approved a citizens’ initiative on Nov. 5 allowing adults over age 21 to possess up to 2.5 ounces of the drug. […]