The Yarmouth brewery’s Commercial Street location will serve pizza and stay open late.
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Portland Public Schools win top prize for equity program
Portland Public School has been named a grand prize winner in the 27th annual Magna Awards program, which recognizes school districts and their leaders for efforts to bring educational equity to their students. The district was honored for its Make It Happen! college readiness program designed for high school multilingual and English learner students. The […]
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Letter: Balentine doesn’t recognize trade-offs in pandemic measures taken
In his column in the March 24 Forecaster, John Balentine excoriates Gov. Mills for the measures that she has taken to try to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and praises “so-called red states led by competent, brave Republican governors” for staying open (“Restore sanity, reject Mills, reopen Maine”). Mr. Balentine should at least have the grace […]
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Letter: Women’s hard-won rights should not be discarded for trans rights
In her letter of March 22 (“Transgender girls deserve to participate equally in sports”) Emma Raven writes, “If you support LD 926, you support the suicide attempts of young trans girls in Maine.” Such hyperbole, which relies on emotionally charged threats rather than reason, is familiar to those who dare to suggest that perhaps women’s […]
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Portland Meetings: March 31-April 7
Visit portlandmaine.gov for Zoom information. To watch municipal meetings online, go to townhallstreams.com/towns/portland_maine. Thur. 4/1 5 p.m. Parks Commission Thur. 4/1 5 p.m. Racial Equity Steering Committee Mon. 4/5 5 p.m. City Council Tues. 4/6 5 p.m. Finance Committee Tues. 4/6 5:30 p.m. Housing and Economic Development Committee Tues. 4/6 6:30 p.m. Pesticide Management Advisory […]
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Portland Adult Education expands job training for new Mainers
The program, supported by local financial institutions, launched its second cohort with seven students in January.
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Work to step up on long-awaited roundabout in Portland
Traffic patterns will change to accommodate construction on the multimillion-dollar traffic circle, which has been planned for nearly a decade.
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Person hospitalized after stabbing in Portland
A suspect was taken into custody following the incident Saturday at an apartment complex in the North Deering area.
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Portland woman is newest ‘Jeopardy!’ champion
Susan McMillan, a professional Arabic translator and former newspaper reporter, made her debut on the popular quiz show on Friday.
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Residents’ ideas sought for Riverton Trolley Park
The Portland Parks Conservancy will host a Zoom meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, for residents to weigh in on the future of the Riverton Trolley Park. The city, the Parks, Recreation and Facilities department and the conservancy are working on ways to improve the historic park, and would like to hear from residents […]