It’s also hard to track the numbers now that the city of Portland isn’t involved with as many arrivals.
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Ozone reaches unhealthy levels in coastal Maine on Sunday
Conditions should improve by Monday.
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Family of man killed by Portland policeman gets $225,000 settlement
Chance David Baker’s mother and grandmother agreed to settle more than two years after filing their lawsuit against Lt. Nicholas Goodman.
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Governor’s conference requires state’s biggest security presence in decades
Thought it’s unclear how much the three-day-long National Governor’s Association conference will cost Maine, it took law enforcement months to plan for the event.
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Protesters greet nation’s leaders as they descend on Portland
Abortion-rights protesters greet the governors, their families and staffers, as they kick off the three-day National Governors Association conference with dinner on the waterfront.
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Portland to temporarily close several downtown and waterfront streets beginning Wednesday
The closures coincide with the three-day National Governors Association conference.
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Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates
The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.
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Portland policy aims to improve response to homeless camps on public property
Under the policy, staff will not require the removal of campsites on city property when emergency shelters are full, and a plan will be in place for personal belongings to be recovered when camps are removed.
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Portland voters may be asked to again consider increasing the minimum wage
A group of residents is working to get a referendum question on the November ballot, and a City Council committee is also discussing the issue.
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Portland school board approves funds for middle school protest response
The Portland Public School Board of Education voted unanimously to use $13,000 of contingency funds to pay for the administrative and equity support staff hired to replace those who left after two middle school protests.