Hires, promotions, appointments Mark Law was appointed the CEO at Rosemont Market & Bakery, succeeding co-owner John Nayor, who will continue as president and chairman of the board. Law has more than 20 years of experience in the grocery industry. Rosemont is based in Portland with other locations in Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth and Yarmouth. […]
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Portland hotel opens its doors to ukulele flash mob
The 100 ukulele players planned to congregate Tuesday morning in Congress Square Park, but bad weather forced them to find another venue.
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Portland Superintendents’ Notebook: Powerful student voices represent the Class of 2023
We were honored this month to participate in commencement ceremonies for the Portland Public Schools’ three high schools: Portland, Deering and Casco Bay. Each school is unique and their graduation exercises for the more than 400 graduates of the Class of 2023 reflected their distinctive characteristics. However, what all three ceremonies had in common was […]
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Portland Meetings: June 21-28
Wed. 6/21 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Zoom Wed. 6/21 4 p.m. City Council Workshop Zoom, City Hall Wed. 6/21 4 p.m. Public Art Committee Zoom Fri. 6/23 9 a.m. Board of Assessment Review City Hall Mon. 6/26 5 p.m. City Council City Hall Tue. 6/27 8 a.m. Legislative/Nominating Zoom Tue. 6/27 4:30 p.m. Planning Board […]
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Eat & Run: Portland institution Punky’s is a plain good deal
Get comfort food on the cheap on this busy Brighton Avenue corner.
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Juneteenth show will explore what it’s like growing up Black in Maine
The sold-out symposium on Monday will focus on the experiences of multigenerational Black Mainers in the whitest state in the country.
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‘We’re not going to stop’: Portland struts its LGBTQ+ Pride
Despite a constant rain, thousands of people attended, with turnout Saturday comparable to last year’s much sunnier Pride parade.
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Rosemont Market & Bakery names new CEO
Grocery industry veteran Mark Law is taking over operations from John Naylor, who has led the company since its founding in 2005 and will remain involved in a leadership role.
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Portland voters could see another rent control referendum in November
A group says it has gathered signatures to put rent control on Portland’s ballot again, this time focused on smaller landlords, even as the City Council looks at making changes to the referendum process.
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Bayside housing development one step closer to construction
The Portland Planning Board unanimously approves the project’s master plan, but neighborhood residents have questions about the details and urged the developers to establish some sort of neighborhood advisory panel.