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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
Portland has changed and you can really smell the difference
A generation ago the city's signature smells included J.J. Nissen Bakery, Jordan's Meats and the soon-to-close B&M Baked Beans plant. Today the city's aroma includes whiffs of coffee roasting, food trucks, breweries and oil tanks.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Portland health officials recommend that city restore indoor mask mandate
Portland would become Maine's first municipality to revive a requirement that people wear masks in public indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2021
Upcoming B&M closure sparks nostalgia, hope for future development
News that Portland's longtime baked beans factory will close this year and be replaced with a technology and science campus elicits a wistful but hopeful response.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2021
Consolidated Communications, two unions reach tentative contract deals
After earlier contracts technically expired at midnight Saturday, the sides returned to the bargaining table and reached agreements late Sunday that will be submitted to union members for ratification.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2021
Inflation stalls Maine infrastructure projects including new ferry for Peaks Island
The agency that runs Casco Bay ferries spent 5 years putting together $15 million in funding to replace its 30-year-old Machigonne II. The sole bid for the new boat came in at more than $22 million.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2021
State offers $10 million in case Portland Harbor dredging grant denied
Portland is again looking for $24 million to remove silt from harbor wharves, and Maine lawmakers will back part of the project if federal money doesn't come through.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2021
Councilors ‘excited’ but cautious about plan to bring pro soccer to Portland
Members of the Housing and Community Development Committee say they will need more details before they feel comfortable making a recommendation on where a new soccer stadium could be located.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2021
Activists call on Sen. Collins to support voting rights act
About 40 people gathered on the Portland City Hall plaza Wednesday night to voice support the For The People Act, which Collins voted against earlier this year.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2021
‘Totally unacceptable’: Portland police chief, residents angry after unruly crowd targets officers with fireworks
Police said a crowd of about 300 people gathered near Kennedy Park, and someone was seen firing a gun nearby later that night.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2021
Portland tussles with food truck operators over Eastern Prom trash
The city says it may bar food vehicles from the popular area if the litter problem continues, but vendors feel they're getting a bad rap.
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