Greater Portland
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PublishedMay 6, 2022
Stalemate persists over plans for Portland-area transit relief funding
Transit agencies holding up the release of $8 million in federal relief were denied a meeting this week with regional planners to discuss their concerns about how the money would be used.
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PublishedApril 26, 2022
Rapid I-295 bridge replacement wraps up with hours to spare
It took a three-day highway closure to tear down and replace one of Maine's busiest sections of road, the Veranda Street bridge in Portland.
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PublishedApril 21, 2022
I-295 closure starts Friday for Veranda Bridge replacement
A busy stretch of Interstate 295 between Portland and Falmouth will be closed for 64 hours while workers replace an aging highway bridge.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2022
Abyssinian Meeting House restoration to get $1.7 million in federal funding
The money will allow the committee that has been restoring one of America's oldest Black churches to complete its work.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2022
Driver killed in overnight crash on Interstate 295 in Portland
The single-car crash was discovered Wednesday morning, Portland police said.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2022
Metro warns of possible bus service interruptions
Some bus routes in Greater Portland may have reduced service starting next week because of staff shortages.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Mainers respond to Westbrook woman’s grief over headstone kept from husband’s grave
A fund has been set up to accept donations to help the widow of a former Afghan general who died of COVID-19.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Abyssinian Meeting House could receive $1.7 million in federal funding
The money would be used to complete the restoration of the historic former church built by some of Portland's earliest Black residents.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2021
Rattled by increase in airplane noise, Peaks Islanders are the latest to seek relief
'We have more planes coming over Peaks Island now than we have at any time in our history,' one resident says.
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PublishedApril 29, 2021
Timeline: A modern history of Portland as a food city