PORTLAND — Grants of up to $10,000 are available through the Maine Community Foundation for community-based efforts to improve or increase access to transportation that may also reduce social isolation for older people. Maine Charity Foundation Fund grants will support new volunteer driver programs, expansion of transportation programs and improvements to existing transportation programs. The […]
Michael Kelley
Michael Kelley has been professionally working in the newspaper industry since 2006 writing about municipal news, education news, environmental news, sports and other human interest topics. He has covered the communities of Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Portland, South Portland and Westbrook for several weekly newspapers. His work has appeared in magazines, daily newspapers and weekly newspapers throughout Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont.
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Portland, county get $4.6M for housing
PORTLAND — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded close to $4.6 million to support affordable housing in Portland and Cumberland County. Cumberland County will receive $1.5 million through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant program, while Portland will receive close to $1.9 million in CDBG funding, more than $160,800 in Emergency Solutions Grants […]
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City Council approves requirements for Peaks Island golf carts
Operators will be required to register their vehicles and have them inspected starting next May.
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More than 130 asylum-seekers remain at Portland Expo as deadline nears
As of Tuesday, the city had found housing for 156 individuals.
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Third Thursday to feature donation drive, Benchmark Box
PORTLAND — Benchmark Real Estate and the Friends of Woodfords Corner will host the latest installment of Third Thursdays at Trinity Park, an initiative to invigorate the Woodfords Corner area. The Aug. 15 event, which begins at 5 p.m., will include food and drink samples from neighborhood vendors. Benchmark and volunteers with the Maine Access […]
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Portland company wins Navy contract
PORTLAND — Navatek LLC, a designer of ships and ocean vessels, was awarded an $8 million contract by the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research to pursue new science and technology to design safer hulls and hybrid electric propulsion systems. Navatek will work with Front Street Shipyards in Belfast, which will build the Navatek prototypes […]
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Maine health providers get funds for opioid crisis
PORTLAND — Maine received close to $6 million in federal funding to combat the opioid crisis. According to a press release, the funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, will “enable Maine community health centers, rural organizations, and academic institutions to establish and expand access to integrated […]
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Finalists for MLK memorial named
PORTLAND — Three finalists have been chosen to create proposals for a memorial to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. along a section of the Bayside Trail at the corner of Franklin Street and Marginal Way. The city last week announced the finalists are Robert Katz of Augusta; TJD&A Landscape Architects of Yarmouth, and […]
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New Portland garage adds Arts District parking option
The structure on Cumberland Avenue between Casco and Brown streets contains parking for about 300 vehicles.
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Regulation of Portland marijuana stores stymies councilors
Two City Council committees continue to review licensing rules proposed by City Hall staff.