John Cohen alleges in his lawsuit that police officers and other city rescue personnel stood by while his son drowned in the icy waters of Back Cove in April 2020.
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Funding for child care, harbor pilots among priorities at forum on how to use Portland’s pandemic aid
The city is soliciting input from the community on how best to use more than $30 million in federal funding Portland received to recover from a pandemic that appears far from over.
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Lyseth Elementary in Portland will reopen Tuesday following COVID outbreak
Most students will be allowed to return to in-person learning after the school was closed Monday, but some classrooms will remain closed while school officials await further test results.
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Portland has changed and you can really smell the difference
A generation ago the city’s signature smells included J.J. Nissen Bakery, Jordan’s Meats and the soon-to-close B&M Baked Beans plant. Today the city’s aroma includes whiffs of coffee roasting, food trucks, breweries and oil tanks.
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Portland City Manager Jon Jennings could leave post early
Jennings, who has been city manager since 2015, would start his new job in Clearwater, Florida, on Nov. 8 at an annual salary of $230,000.
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Panel backs ‘bridge program’ to give seniors in Portland property tax relief
With home values rising dramatically in a citywide revaluation, the program aims to ease the burden until the state’s new tax deferral program takes effect in 2022.
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Southern Maine 9/11 remembrance events
The events will help the state remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks two decades ago
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Portland health officials recommend that city restore indoor mask mandate
Portland would become Maine’s first municipality to revive a requirement that people wear masks in public indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status.
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Puppeteers entertain large crowd with politically charged theater
A crowd of close to 300 people gathered on Portland’s Eastern Promenade to watch a free, circus performance by Bread and Puppet Theater of Vermont
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Portland police respond to report of shots fired in East Deering
Someone fired a gun near the intersection of Johansen Street and Washington Avenue around 4:45 a.m., police said.