A temporary fix that is providing partial power to residents on floors 7-16 has been in place since Friday.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Some power restored at Franklin Towers apartments
The Portland Housing Authority said it expects permanent repairs, restoring full electricity to floors 7-16, to be completed in a week.
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Electricians restoring some power to Franklin Towers
Power has been out to floors 7-16 since Friday, but some electricity is now being restored to upper floors of the apartment building that houses older and disabled tenants.
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Portland Housing Authority scrambling to help Franklin Towers residents without power
Residents of floors 7 through 16 in the high-rise, which houses older people and those living with disabilities, have been without electricity since Friday.
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Most of Franklin Towers without electric service for up to 2 weeks
Residents on the 7th through 16th floors lost power during a thunderstorm Friday and difficulty in getting a replacement part means tenants are limited to refrigerators being run on extension cords plugged into hall outlets.
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Portland educator is candidate for Maine teacher of the year
Matt Bernstein is a ninth-grade social studies teacher at Casco Bay High School.
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Construction at Congress Square resumes, but delays take a toll
Workers are returning to the site of the intersection improvement project, but Free Street might not reopen until the work is done this winter.
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No PFAS detected in Portland Water District’s water
Tests conducted this summer, the first in three years, found that the so-called “forever chemicals” weren’t detected in the district’s water sources – Sebago Lake and groundwater in Standish.
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Maine schools act to mitigate ‘forever chemicals’ found in drinking water
Mount Desert Island High and Chebeague Island School are among the schools that have installed filters after testing showed PFAS levels exceeded the state’s allowable limit of 20 parts per trillion.
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Fish exchange’s future murky as sales plummet
The Portland seafood auction operation has suffered a sharp decline in the catch that is offered for sale daily.