Police charge a man with slashing tires on about 30 vehicles in the Old Port early Monday.
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Maine’s tallest building OK’d for downtown Portland
The 266-unit, 18 story, 180,000-square-foot building will go up on the site of a small plaza behind the U.S. Post Office at the corner of Federal and Temple streets.
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Children’s museum poised to open with mix of sparkling new, old favorites
Working through a pandemic year of preparations, the new Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine opens June 24 at Thompson’s Point.
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Portland updates COVID-19 safety requirements for city transactions
The city of Portland has updated its safety protocol for in-person interactions at City Hall and other city buildings. Temperatures and health screening questions will no longer be administered on site, but individuals are asked to do their own screening beforehand and not visit if they are not feeling well. Masks will still be required, […]
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Portland considers plan for affordable housing on city-owned land
The city staff is recommending Habitat for Humanity to build a 12-lot subdivision in North Deering. A second city-owned parcel in Falmouth may be unsuitable for development because of wetlands.
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Vaccine clinics this week at Becky’s Diner
MaineHealth will is offering smaller, targeted COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the Portland area beginning this week at Becky’s Diner on Commercial Street in Portland on Wednesday, June 2, and Thursday, June 3. Everyone who gets vaccinated at the clinics between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. will receive a $15 gift certificate to Becky’s Diner. Portland […]
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Portland seeks operator for bike-share program
The city is seeking a company interested in running a bike-share program in Portland, with a desired launch date of June 2022. It is seeking proposals from those qualified to provide a program design and marketing, operation and maintenance for the program. Goals for the bike-share program, according to the city, include promoting bicycling as […]
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Guest Column: Women and girls have a right to separate spaces
Many people would consider it common sense not to house biologically male inmates in women’s prisons or to say that women who have been raped or battered should be offered a crisis shelter where they can heal without the possibility of a male-bodied stranger sleeping next to them. But some activists say women and girls […]
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Preble Street assumes operations of two temporary shelters in Lewiston
Preble Street last month took over operations of the 44-bed quarantine and temporary wellness shelters in Lewiston that had been run by Community Concepts Inc. since early last year. “The critically important role of emergency shelters has never been more evident than over the last year,” said Preble Street Executive Director Mark Swann. “CCI staff […]
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Portland Schools hope to have new police policies in place in fall
The district has been reviewing and revising school rules that relate to police involvement since it ended the school resource officer program last year.