Arrests 7/26 at 3 a.m. Alisa A. Yescas, 39, of Portland, was arrested on Preble Street by Officer Christopher Coyne on a charge of disorderly conduct. 7/26 at 8 a.m. Shaun Buck, 35, of Portland, was arrested on Danforth Street by Officer Kyle Brake on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. 7/26 at 8 […]
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Portland may relax food-truck rules, restrictions
PORTLAND — Food truck operators could find it easier to do business in the city, based on feedback City Manager Mark Rees has requested from them. The City Council last year approved an ordinance that established operating areas, fees and other regulations for mobile food vendors. The ordinance restricts the trucks to some city parks, […]
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Portland street safety improvements on schedule for start of school year
PORTLAND — Construction projects designed to create safer walking and biking paths on city streets are nearly complete. Throughout much of the summer, the East Deering, East End and North Deering neighborhood sidewalks and crossings have been receiving enhancements as part of a project called Safe Routes to Schools. Crews have repaved, extended and widened […]
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Two Portland law firms merge
PORTLAND — Two of the city’s law firms have merged, according to an Aug. 1 press release. Verrill Dana, whose main office is at One Portland Square, has merged with Friedman Gaythwaite Wolf, a Pearl Street-based firm of 13 lawyers specializing in litigation. With the merger – the first in its 150-year-old history – Verrill […]
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Expect delays on Valley, Presumpscot streets
PORTLAND — Traffic will be restricted along Valley and Presumpscot streets this week while the city repaves portions of the roads, City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said Monday. Starting today and continuing through Thursday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, one block of Valley Street will be closed between A and Congress streets. […]
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Out & About: Musical theater, music festivals, ballet beckon
As we approach the middle of August, summer stock musical theater continues at a torrid pace, but the classical music festival season gradually draws to a close. Ogunquit Playhouse is offering an outstanding production of the earliest collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” There’s one more concert […]
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Arts Calendar: Aug. 7-20
Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 8/9 Susan Lebel Young, author of “Food Fix,” 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723, free. Tuesday 8/13 Rich Rubin, author of “The Last Doughboys,” 7 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough, 883-4723. Thursday 8/15 Elise Richer and Teresa Lagrange, author and […]
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Unsung Hero: Diedre Sileo of South Portland, filling a void
SOUTH PORTLAND — Life was good for Diedre Sileo in 2005. The Bath native had started her career as an x-ray technician, spending three months at a time at places around the U.S.: Hawaii, Florida, South Carolina, Kansas and Boston. She then returned to her home state in 1984 and began working in occupational medicine. […]
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The Universal Notebook: End road work
Admittedly, my personal experience of road work is limited to the long ago summer I spent patching potholes on the access road to Scarborough Downs, but I did get pretty good at it. Sweep out hole, shovel in cold patch, tamp down, dust with sand. If you don’t sand the patch, it will stick to […]
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Policy Wonk: We keep putting things where they don't belong
Hardly a week goes by in which there is not another example (large or small) of putting something – houses, businesses, repaired seawalls, public improvements, levees, whole towns or cities – where they don’t belong. The cost in dollars, and in human life, is staggering. Nineteen western firefighters recently died trying to put out a fire […]