Several Maine colleges, including the University of New England, University of Southern Maine, Bowdoin, Southern Maine Community College and Saint Joseph’s, are requiring students to be vaccinated.
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SAD 51 prepares for full in-person instruction in the fall
To accommodate five days a week of in-person instruction, more teachers have been hired and modular classrooms have been added to Mabel Wilson School and Greely Middle School.
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Portland group aims to raise kids’ awareness of public art
A coloring book created by the Portland Public Art Committee is being expanded this year to include illustrations of several more of the city’s art pieces.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Lobster Week: Puffed-up lobster a versatile twist on a local delicacy
Editor’s Note: The Maine Lobster Festival, traditionally held around the first weekend in August, has been canceled for a second straight year, so the Masthead Maine family of newspapers decided to give the state a week of lobster coverage to help our readers enjoy our state’s iconic food. Do you remember your first taste of […]
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Lobster Week: Up close and personal with Maine’s famed crustacean
There are a dozen companies in the state, including two in Portland, that offer tours that allow the public an opportunity to try their hand at lobstering.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Sweet breast cancer research fundraiser arrives in Maine
Bakes for Breast Cancer, which raises money for Dana Farber Cancer Institute research, expands to Maine for the first time next week.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Two sites in running for Portland pro soccer team
USL to Portland is looking into the feasibility of using two city-owned sites, Fitzpatrick Stadium and Preble Field by Back Cove, as the location for a professional soccer stadium.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
50-unit condo building approved in Cumberland
The five-story building, a large and different type of project for Cumberland, according to the town planner, will be built off Route 1.
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Cremation garden grows at Yarmouth’s Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is expanding the area to provide more options to honor the deceased.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Investigation of 2020 protest says police responded with restraint
The report found that most of the attendees were there to peacefully protest and concluded that police made arrests “sparingly” and used force only on protesters who had turned violent.