Zarro wrote on Instagram that the small but well-known Portland cafe will close by the end of the month.
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West Coast design firm chosen for Portland Museum of Art expansion
Lever Architecture, based in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, was chosen ahead of three other finalists to design a new building on the site of the former Children’s Museum that will be integrated into the museum’s existing campus overlooking Congress Square.
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Jon Jennings, Portland’s former city manager, fired from new post in Florida
In a 3-2 vote Thursday night, the Clearwater City Council voted to dismiss Jennings from his job as the city’s manager, saying he wasn’t ‘a good fit.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
After 45 years, the clock runs out for Swiss Time
The watch shop was a landmark on Exchange Street for more than a quarter-century, and had done business in Portland since 1977.
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Search underway for missing Portland woman
The woman’s vehicle was located at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth.
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Portland City Council to consider funding asylum-seeker housing at Winchester Woods
Avesta Housing previously had said it wasn’t moving forward with the project, but the interim city manager said Wednesday that the agency is looking at restructuring the deal.
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The Wrap: New Wharf Street bar on track to open by March
Also, Night Moves Bakery relocates to South Portland, a Vermont wine shop to open a Portland location, and a new coffee shop launches in the Public House Market.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
From Mozambique to Portland: City’s new public health director brings global perspective
Dr. Alfredo Vergara, who opened the U.S. CDC’s first office in Mozambique and until recently served as the agency’s country director there, arrived in Portland in August.
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Portland tax assessor resigns 10 months after domestic violence charge
The City Council will consider naming an interim assessor Wednesday following Christopher Huff’s resignation Dec. 19.
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Portland school board appoints interim co-superintendents
Assistant Superintendents Melea Nalli and Aaron Townsend were appointed as temporary co-superintendents in the wake of Xavier Botana’s resignation.