PORTLAND — A decision on where to build a new shelter for the city’s homeless population is expected later this month. The City Council on Monday delayed a decision on whether to move the shelter from Oxford Street to either a wooded parcel on Riverside Street or a small vacant lot on Commercial Street. Councilors are […]
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Portland’s downtown City Deli changes hands
PORTLAND — After 38 years in business, the family-owned City Deli on the first floor of One City Center has a new owner. The new owner, Dalia Esposito, said she has known the former owners, the DeSalle family, for many years and has worked on and off at the business since childhood, making the transition a […]
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Cumberland may dump compost, brush operations
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council is considering closing the town’s compost and brush operations at the Drowne Road Public Works headquarters. The panel on June 17 will also discuss moving the town’s sand and salt sheds from Drowne Road to an area behind Storey Brothers’ 215 Middle Road property. The potential moves, which will be […]
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Pride Portland! organizers hope to leave discord behind
PORTLAND — This year’s Pride Portland! festival will include 10 days of activities and events designed to celebrate the LGBTQ community. In addition, the event will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, often considered a galvanizing moment of the pride movement. Organizers of the celebration also hope to avoid some […]
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‘Music for Moore Food’: Portland Eagle Scout organizing concert to stock school pantry
PORTLAND — After learning some of the statistics around food insecurity, including that it impacts one in five Maine children, Nate Hanscom decided to tackle the problem at the local level. For his Eagle Scout project, Hanscom has put together a rock concert to support the food pantry at Lyman Moore Middle School. Called “Music for Moore […]
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Class of 2019: Portland student finds community at Casco Bay High School
PORTLAND — Herve Irakoze has only been a student at Casco Bay High School for the past two years. But in that time, he said, it has become home. Irakoze will graduate from CBHS on Thursday, June 6, and said without the support and encouragement he found there, he might not be attending his dream college, […]
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Class of 2019: Portland High School grad finds herself, and her life path
PORTLAND — When she first arrived in this country, Hind Al Shammari wanted to learn English as quickly as possible so she could fit in. Now Al Shammari, who will graduate from Portland High School on Thursday, June 6, said she’s proud of her heritage and is delighted to have earned the special seal of bi-literacy, […]
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Swan song here for Portland’s Old Port Festival
PORTLAND — For nearly 50 years, early June has been parade time for Shoestring Theater Director Nance Parker. But on Sunday, June 9, Parker and her team of volunteers will be bringing the theater’s oversized puppets down from their Brackett Street headquarters to the top of Exchange Street for the Old Port Festival parade for the last […]
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Cumberland opens new pier at Broad Cove Reserve
CUMBERLAND — A new pier at Broad Cove Reserve is open for business, with only a few finishing touches left to wrap up the project this month. Prock Marine Co. built the structure – which includes an 80-foot gangway, floats and float moorings – at its Rockland headquarters over the winter. The company floated it down […]
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South Portland library funding hike takes a hit
SOUTH PORTLAND — More than 20 residents Tuesday urged city councilors to adopt a library budget that would help fund staffing and extend hours of operation. Councilors in the May 28 budget workshop, however, indicated support for reducing the library’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget increase, from $111,000 to $66,000. The City Council also gave final approval […]