PORTLAND — Riverton residents are working to change the image of their neighborhood and build community at the same time. The neighborhood, a mix of houses, condominiums and apartments, is perhaps known best for its low-income housing off Forest Avenue, which has been plagued by drug use and other illicit activities for decades. But, with […]
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Portland health center, UNE expand care to Riverton neighborhood
PORTLAND — A new health clinic is coming to the city’s Riverton neighborhood. The Portland Community Health Center at Riverton will open Thursday at 59 Riverton Drive. Neighborhood residents previewed the health center at an open house held last week. The clinic will specialize in serving low-income, immigrant and refugee individuals, who reside in many […]
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Portland City Council OKs budget, 3.1% tax hike
PORTLAND — After months of number-crunching and Statehouse-watching, and two postponements of earlier votes, the City Council’s approval Monday of the 2014 fiscal-year municipal and capital improvement budgets was anti-climactic. The council voted unanimously, in a meeting that lasted less than an hour, to adopt the $215.2 million municipal budget and $16.7 million capital improvement […]
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UPDATE: 1 dead after explosion levels home, rocks Yarmouth neighborhood
YARMOUTH — An explosion rocked a condominium subdivision off North Road Tuesday morning, killing one man, injuring four people, leveling a home and damaging more than a dozen other buildings. Peter Corey, 66, was killed, according to his brother, Walter Corey, who owns the property at 50 Gables Drive where the blast occurred at 6:17 […]
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Portland police nab 2 men in undercover prostitution operation
PORTLAND — Two men are facing charges after their arrest Friday afternoon during an undercover prostitution sting. Michael Kusnirak, 55, of Scarborough, and Orlando Perez, 44, of Portland, are facing multiple charges, according to City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg. Clegg said the undercover operation was in response to complaints from residents in the Parkside neighborhood, […]
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Vatican signs off, Mercy-EMHS merger on track for September
PORTLAND — Mercy Health System, which operates the city’s second-largest hospital, has taken another step toward merging with Bangor-based Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems. The hospitals are on track to complete the deal in September, Mercy President and Chief Executive Officer Eileen Skinner said Monday. Mercy received approval from the Vatican last week to transfer assets […]
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'Life's good here,' but how good is Portland's new tagline?
PORTLAND — The city’s new marketing slogan, “Portland, Maine. Yes. Life’s good here,” is producing divided opinions. “It doesn’t do much for me,” East End resident Samantha Miller said Sunday. “Life’s good here? Anyone can say that.” Deering Center resident John Tilgner was more upbeat. “I think it’s great that Portland is finally marketing itself […]
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From glum to garden: Makeover beautifies Portland corner
PORTLAND — What a difference a day made for a yard on Munjoy Hill. In barely more than 24 hours, a dozen volunteers from Friends of the Eastern Promenade transformed the overgrown lot at 73 Vesper St. into a beautifully manicured garden, in preparation for the group’s “Hidden Gardens of Munjoy Hill” tour Sunday. The […]
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Cumberland Town Council won't discuss SAD 51 vacancy before July 8
CUMBERLAND — It will be two weeks before the Town Council discusses appointing a replacement for School Administrative District 51 co-Chairman Jeff Porter, who last week announced he will leave the School Board July 1. Town Manager Bill Shane said he will need written notice that Porter has resigned “so that we can begin the […]
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Unsung Hero: Linda Blanton, swimming against the tides of trouble
HARPSWELL — As a teenager in Florida, Linda Blanton worked as a lifeguard. One day she came to open the pool and discovered the bodies of two children at the bottom. They had climbed the fence, gone into the pool and drowned. The experience had a lifelong impact on her. Blanton has been teaching swimmers […]