Noyes street fire
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PublishedJuly 26, 2019
Portland installs memorial to the 6 victims of 2014 Noyes Street fire
A granite stone bearing a bronze plaque has been installed in Longfellow Park, near where 6 young people died in the state's deadliest fire in over 2 decades.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2018
Rockland man finds his father after a 30-year search
David Bragdon says his quest took on greater urgency after he lost his oldest son in the fire in Portland that killed six people in 2014.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2018
Mother of Noyes Street fire victim petitions Portland to create memorial
Lisa LeConte Mazziotti wants the city to build a memorial to the six young adults – including her daughter Nicole Finlay – who died in the 2014 blaze.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2018
Portland landlord jailed over fatal fire is released on eve of blaze’s anniversary
Gregory Nisbet serves 70 days of his three-month sentence for a safety code violation in the building where the fire killed six people.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2018
Portland landlord is going to jail, after losing his last appeal of conviction in fire that killed 6
Gregory Nisbet, acquitted of manslaughter, got a 90-day sentence for a misdemeanor safety violation in his building on Noyes Street, the site of Portland's deadliest fire in four decades.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2018
Letter to the editor: Grieving mom makes case for Noyes Street memorial
Occasional flowers don't sufficiently honor the six young people who perished in the 2014 fire.
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PublishedMay 15, 2018
Justices seem skeptical of Portland landlord’s arguments in appeal of fire code conviction
Gregory Nisbet was sentenced to three months in jail after the November 2014 fire that killed six on Noyes Street, but his lawyer says the code is too vague to be enforced.
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PublishedMay 10, 2018
Lawyers for Portland fire victims’ families frustrated by small settlement
Each family that lost a loved one in the Noyes Street blaze will get $45,000, which one attorney calls 'wholly inadequate,' because the landlord had few assets other than $300,000 from fire insurance.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2017
Three years after deadly Noyes St. fire, renters must labor to access Portland’s inspection data
After six died in a 2014 fire, the Housing Safety Office was created. It produced a database that contains few solid details and must be tracked down at City Hall.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2017
Noyes Street property called a ‘blight’ as anniversary of deadly fire nears
All that remains of the house where 6 people were killed is the foundation, ringed by debris and overgrown vegetation.
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