During the roadside investigation, police searched passenger Makonnen Berhe, 27, of Westbrook, and found 18 grams crack cocaine and $2,500 in suspected drug proceeds.
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Fresh food program expands to serve more Maine seniors
The Maine Senior FarmShare Program got some extra cash, allowing it to eliminate its waiting list and open up the program to 1,000 more participants.
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Portland bills other municipalities for share of shelter costs
The city-run facility offers homeless people from all over a low-barrier refuge. Municipalities ought to help, city officials say, but some are pushing back.
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Highly prized tuna makes a comeback in Atlantic, but higher quotas are controversial
Scientists say the iconic bluefin appears to be slowly recovering, including in the Gulf of Maine, but environmental groups fear increased catch limits could undo years of conservation work.
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Portland Pipe Line may appeal ‘Clear Skies’ ruling that favored South Portland
A spokesman says the company is ‘disappointed’ by a federal judge’s decision that the city’s ordinance does not violate the Constitution.
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South Portland’s ‘Clear Skies’ ordinance survives challenge as federal judge finds it constitutional
Portland Pipe Line Corp. had sued to overturn the ordinance adopted in 2014 to prohibit the bulk loading of crude oil onto tankers on the city’s waterfront.
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Mold cleanup in dorm makes move-in day challenging at Southern Maine Community College
SMCC welcomes students for the fall semester – many of them in temporary quarters – as a company removes mold from Spring Point Residence Hall.
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Work-release inmate who failed to report for job taken into custody at Maine Mall
Cumberland County Jail officials don’t indicate what Jeremiah Gamblin, 19, of Vassalboro was doing when he was located at the South Portland shopping center.
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Portland Metro rolls out its biggest expansion ever, with new bus service in Gorham and Westbrook
‘Transit West’ includes new bus routes and a transit pass for more than 9,000 University of Southern Maine students, faculty and staff members.
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South Portland’s short-term rental rules on track for citywide vote in November
A majority of city councilors says the boomerang issue of controversial Airbnb-style rentals should go to the voters.