The City Council voted Monday night to require all such piles be covered by 2027 and removed by 2030. The Sprague Energy coal pile is the only one in the city that would be affected.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Acton Fair photos show people and animals in competition
Staff photographer Gregory Rec captures the action on the third day of the Acton Fair.
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This Portland show is a ‘who’s who’ of women in photographic arts
The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is exhibiting more than 70 prints, a possible record for the tiny gallery.
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Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge demonstrate the power of two at Bangor show
Both acts have been drawing huge crowds since the late ’80s.
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See photos of Bob Dylan’s 1978 Maine performance at the Cumberland County Civic Center
Dylan’s next performance is Sept. 5 in Bangor.
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How Maine churches are reckoning with fear of immigration raids
Faith leaders are working to set up protocols for interacting with federal agents and ensuring immigrants know their rights, as well as helping to launch an ICE watch initiative.
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Maine Med addressing bat problem in neonatal intensive care unit
Hospital officials say they are working on various measures to prevent ‘bat incursions.’
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Trump says Smithsonian is too focused on slavery. Scholars see sanitizing.
President Donald Trump threatened to unleash his attorneys on the Smithsonian, saying the institution was fixated on ‘how bad slavery was.’
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Maine’s best bets this week: Bonnie Raitt and the Windjammer Festival
You can also dance to the music of Funkationland and shop at the Old Port Makers Market, both in Portland.
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Mosquitoes in Portland test positive for West Nile virus
The mosquitoes are the first in Maine to test positive for any mosquito-borne virus this year, state health officials say.