Brian Batson says he will not seek a second term representing District 3 on the Portland City Council, leaving the seat open in the November municipal election.
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Concert review: Bach’s breadth, secular and sacred, on display at Maine festival’s opening program
A top-flight ensemble of Baroque music specialists demonstrates their ample strengths.
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Portland Wine Week returns in mid-June with tastings, dinners and seminars
This year, the emphasis will be on women in the wine industry, locally and farther afield.
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Selecting objective jury in sheriff deputy’s fatal shooting will present a challenge
Media coverage was intense in the 2018 slaying of a law enforcement officer and the four-day manhunt that followed.
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Social services director’s firing part of larger turnover in Portland City Hall
With a few notable exceptions, other city employees appear to have left their city jobs for other job opportunities.
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Local grocer rolling out a new food cart in Portland
A&C Grocery Food Factory will launch Tuesday at Austin Street Brewery.
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Children’s book takes a new look at sculptor Bernard Langlais
Writer Pat Davidson Reef updates her biography and signs copies at Maine Historical Society on Thursday.
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Several cases of whooping cough reported in Portland schools
Cases of pertussis have been confirmed at Longfellow Elementary School, Lincoln Middle School and Deering High School.
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Police search for Portland man missing since Friday
Portland police are asking the public’s help locating Peter Higgins, 29, who was last seen Friday and has been out of touch with family and friends.
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Portland man accused of strangling his girlfriend pleads not guilty to murder
Gregory Vance, 61, allegedly killed Patricia Grassi in their Cumberland Avenue apartment in March.