PORTLAND — One year after nearly being forced to close, the Portland Community Free Clinic is no longer on life support, but remains in serious condition. The clinic, at 103 India St., provides no-cost medical care to more than 500 Cumberland County residents who can’t afford health insurance, but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid […]
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UPDATE: Freeport voters approve RSU 5 withdrawal, 953-768
FREEPORT — Residents on Tuesday voted 953-768 to withdraw from Regional School Unit 5. Twenty-seven percent of the town’s 6,387 registered voters participated in the referendum, which was conducted as a snowstorm blew through in the afternoon and evening. “I think this shows that the community of Freeport has a lot of questions about the […]
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South Portland council OKs tar sands moratorium, seeks committee members
SOUTH PORTLAND — They may not be ready to assume “rock star” status, but city councilors are ready to prohibit the movement of tar sands oil through the city. By a 6-1 vote Monday night, councilors enacted a 180-day moratorium “on development proposals involving the loading of oil sands/tar sands products onto marine tank vessels […]
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Falmouth police get OUI enforcement grant
FALMOUTH — The Police Department plans to step up OUI enforcement after receiving a $5,000 grant. The grant, from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, is intended to fund increased OUI enforcement, including sobriety checkpoints, according to a department news release. The increased enforcement will take place during the “next several weeks,” the release said.
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Portland students marching toward college
Casco Bay High School senior Abdi Hassan, center, marches alongside more than 60 classmates during a parade Friday, Dec. 13, on Congress Street in Portland. The parade, which started at Congress Square, ended with the entire senior class depositing their college applications at the post office on Congress Street. About 50 middle school students lined […]
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North Yarmouth woman joins King to praise Affordable Care Act
NORTH YARMOUTH — A former town resident who was diagnosed with a rare heart disease at the age of 16 is praising the Affordable Care Act, and the help it has provided her family. Now 22, Hannah Dorr stood with U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Dec. 12 at a Washington, D.C., press conference, to promote […]
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Mandela inspires Portland scholarship
PORTLAND — A scholarship named after former South African President Nelson Mandela is in the works, according to a news release from Portland Public Schools. The money will be raised by the Portland Regional Chamber to support $500 scholarships beginning next June for one student from each of the city’s high schools: Casco Bay High […]
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PHOTOS: Portland digs out from snow storm
A couple walks past a mural on Free Street in Portland on Sunday morning, Dec. 15, after the season’s first major snowfall. Portland resident Andy Marshall throws snowballs for Lucy, a shepherd mix, to chase on Sunday morning, Dec. 15, at Tommy’s Park in Portland. Norman Warren, of Portland, sports a high-visibility snowsuit on Sunday, […]
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Parking ban overnight Saturday in Portland
PORTLAND – A citywide parking ban has been declared beginning at 10 p.m. tonight through noon Sunday in anticipation of a significant winter storm. Parking is available at: Deering Oaks, on left side of Tennis Court Road State Street gravel lot, abutting Deering Oaks Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot Hadlock Field parking lot All Portland Public […]
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Reopening of historic Portland hotel hailed as ‘recapturing of the city’
PORTLAND — The red sign still glows high above the city. But east is now west. With the parting of a ribbon, the Eastland Park Hotel became the Westin Portland Harborview on Thursday. The 18-month, $50-million project ushers in 289 rooms, 100 jobs, panoramic views of Portland and renewed vitality for a downtown area that […]