PORTLAND — An Old Port cafe and restaurant is warning customers that a data security breach has compromised the private information of anyone who has used a debit card at the restaurant in the last two weeks. The Works Bakery Cafe, 15 Temple St., released a statement on Thursday saying the company has “despite stringent […]
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Portland receives $125K public health grant
PORTLAND — The city’s Public Health Division has been awarded a $125,000 grant to explore new ways of collaborating with other health agencies. Portland is one of 16 communities nationwide, and the only one in Maine, to receive such a gift. The grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was announced Jan. 31 by the […]
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Revised plan for Munjoy Hill theater under scrutiny again
PORTLAND — The Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday again will consider a proposal to build a 400-seat performance hall at the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill. The Friends of the St. Lawrence Church, the nonprofit group that owns and operates the center, is proposing a performance hall where the historic church’s sanctuary once […]
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Portland Police Beat: Feb. 6
Arrests 1/26 at 11 a.m. Anthony Williams, 27, of Bronx, N.Y., was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Matthew Morrison on a charge of aggravated furnishing or trafficking in scheduled drugs. 1/26 at 9 p.m. David M. Lovallo, 30, no address listed, was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Eric Johnson on charges of unlawful […]
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Gwendolyn A. Stackhouse: 84
PORTLAND — Gwendolyn A. Stackhouse, 84, of Portland, died Jan. 29 at the Barron Center in Portland. Born Jan. 31, 1929 in Portland to Henry S. C. and Katherine E. Neil, Stackhouse was a graduate of the Portland High School, class of 1947. She worked at the candy counter at Woolworth in Portland, where she met […]
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Police: 'Dangerously potent' heroin in Portland
PORTLAND — A “dangerously potent” form of heroin is turning up in the city, police warned after four people were treated for heroin overdoses last week. Since December, 11 people have been treated for heroin overdoses, and two Portland men have died from what was thought to be overdoses, according to a City Hall press release […]
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Unsung Hero: Brunswick's Tim Garner, putting sports in perspective
BRUNSWICK — If you walk into Bowdoin College’s Morrell Gymnasium during a home basketball game, you will immediately spot the most enthusiastic presence on the floor: ball boy Tim Garner, a 58-year-old, never-say-die, bundle of energy who loves his Bowdoin Polar Bears – every team, win or lose, every season. Garner’s infectious energy provides the […]
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Portland trial: Did Falmouth parents allow teenagers to drink?
PORTLAND — Were a Falmouth couple complicit in allowing minors to drink at their home during a party last June, or did they prevent teenagers from drinking before the party spiralled out of control? That is the question before a Cumberland County Unified Criminal Docket jury of nine women and five men (including two alternates), […]
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Out & About: 'Death by Design': Lively, hilarious comedy in Portland
With Groundhog Day now past, we’re on the down-slope of winter. What better way to accelerate the ride toward spring than a rollicking good comedy? That’s what “Death by Design” is all about: a wonderfully funny comedy – with a murder thrown into the mix. Two great musical events vie for attention this Friday. In Portland, […]
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The Universal Notebook: Nothing healthy about health insurance
Folks on the far-right fringe – tea partiers, libertarians, secessionists, etc. – were in open revolt against Obamacare until the Supreme Court told them what the rest of us already knew: the individual mandate is completely constitutional. While they were complaining that President Obama had gone too far this time, I was thinking he hadn’t […]