A King Middle School seventh-grader energizes the crowd with her poem, and nine religious leaders arrested for protesting at Sen. Susan Collins’ office also draw cheers from the audience.

The $3 million project set to start in 2019 would replace the six-way intersection of Brighton Avenue, Deering Avenue and Falmouth Street near the USM campus.

Multiple attempts since 2008 have fizzled – partly because of the difficulty of adequately honoring the civil rights leader’s achievements – but the city hopes to take up recommendations this year.

The agency says residents returned Thursday night despite fears that they would be displaced.

A judge imposes the unusually large fines based on longstanding violations, including a lack of smoke detectors and obstructed exits.

When the dorm, for men transitioning from homelessness to stable housing, will reopen is unclear, but the YMCA will be open Friday.