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Here’s why you may not have received a tax bill from Portland
Beginning this year, Portland is sending out a single annual property tax bill instead of 2. The first payment will be due about a month later than usual, on Oct. 18.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Gulf of Maine Research Institute launches virtual climate center
It will identify solutions to rising sea temperatures in a part of the ocean warming faster than almost any other.
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Sale of student lodging house in Bayside triggers backlash
Affordable housing activists say hundreds of low-cost Portland units will be lost and want the city to step in. The developer plans traditional apartments, but at workforce housing prices and says he’ll help anyone who’s displaced.
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Former asylum seeker returns to thank Mainers for support
Luc Mpangaje relied on help from a Portland church after fleeing Burundi in 2010.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Power of song brings community together at Portland neighborhood’s Porchfest
Nearly 50 musical acts perform in Deering Center’s free, five-hour festival.
Posted inLocal & State, Religion and Values
Portland cathedral celebrates its 150th anniversary
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was dedicated on Sept. 8, 1869, and is still the tallest structure in the city.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Windham man caught in Biddeford after fleeing Portland halfway house
Joseph Buzzell, 44, jumped from a second-story window to escape from the Community Corrections Center, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Portland artist’s work acknowledges help received and still needed by asylum seekers
Gabon native Titi de Baccarat is putting together a show that calls attention to poor sanitation in holding facilities and thanks Mainers who have opened their hearts and homes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review, Uncategorized
Art review: A glimpse into the photographs collected by Barbara Goodbody
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is highlighting works from its advisory board member’s extensive collection at USM’s Glickman Library in Portland.