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Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, News

At a pair of pup-ular events in southern Maine, it’s all about dogs

by Rob Wolfe August 24, 2019August 24, 2019

Thousands turn out for Ales for Tails in Portland and Dog Days of August in Freeport.

Local & State, News

Group pushing ranked-choice voting challenges city’s rejection of petition

by Randy Billings August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

Its petition effort to expand the voting system to citywide races fell short, but Fair Elections Portland is challenging signatures that were disqualified.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News

New York men plead guilty to conspiring to sell drugs in Portland

by Gillian Graham August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

A Portland man also pleaded guilty in connection with the plan to distribute heroin in Portland and Lewiston.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News

Portland man is behind most of the recent burglaries downtown, police say

by Eric Russell August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

Tim Toun was arrested Wednesday after an attempted break-in at the Maine Historical Society and now faces charges in 8 other burglaries since July 28.

Local & State, News, Schools and Education

Parents press state to move probation office away from Portland school

by Gillian Graham August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

The Presumpscot Elementary School Family Council is circulating a petition asking the Maine Department of Corrections to move services for sex offenders to a different location.

Business, Local & State

CMP drops dispute with Portland over streetlights that don’t work

by J. Craig Anderson August 22, 2019August 22, 2019

The utility tells state regulators that it will work with the city to repair inoperable streetlights but wants them to revisit the issue of responsibility for future repairs.