PORTLAND – Police continue to search for a man who robbed the Key Bank at Northgate Shopping Center Friday wielding a semi-automatic handgun. The suspect is a white male, described as being thin, with a deep voice, wearing a black wig. Police say he threatened employees and customers during the robbery, then fled on foot with an […]
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Portland police say body of man found in brush was hit by a vehicle
A Portland man who had been missing for more than two months died from blunt force trauma consistent with being struck by a large vehicle, an autopsy revealed. The state Medical Examiner’s Office determined that 57-year-old Edward Blumenthal may have been struck by a vehicle, possibly a truck, while he was walking along Congress Street […]
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Portland in talks to bring arena football franchise to Maine in spring
The Sioux City Bandits kick off to the Omaha Beef in a Champions Indoor Football league game in Sioux City, Iowa, in May of 2015. The eight-on-eight indoor game is played on a 50-yard field laid inside a hockey rink. Portland’s Cross Insurance Arena could host a team as soon as next spring. (Nati Harnik/AP) PORTLAND […]
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No parking on ‘Tuedsay’ night? City of Portland gets schooled on social media
Portlanders are taking the city to task on social media for some new “No Parking” signs posted downtown. It’s not the city’s parking rules that caused the criticism. It’s the spelling. The signs, which can be found along Commercial Street, have Tuesday written as “Tuedsay.” A photo of one of the signs was included in […]
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Forage Market to open second location in Portland in spring
LEWISTON — Forage Market in Lewiston is opening a new location in Portland at 123 Washington Ave., the same building complex that houses an oyster bar and a craft distillery. The market is actually a bakery and cafe that makes breakfast and lunch sandwiches to order, pastries, soups and salads. The staff bakes a variety […]
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Windham routs Portland in A North football final
Windham’s Tanner Bernier carries the ball as Portland’s Jonah Green moves in during the Class A North football championship Friday night at Windham High. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) WINDHAM — Counted out of the championship picture a month ago, Windham High’s football team has found its identity. Fourth-seeded Windham dominated from the start and […]
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Maine voter turnout higher than expected
Voter turnout was higher than expected across Maine on Tuesday, driven largely by interest in the referendum question to expand Medicaid. Question 2, which asks voters whether they favor expanding government-funded healthcare for low-income Mainers, seemed to be the driving force for many residents across Southern Maine. “I think expanding MaineCare is very important,” said Deborah […]
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Ali overtime goal lifts Lewiston over Portland in Class A state soccer final
PORTLAND — Golden cleats. Golden-dyed hair. Golden goal. Warsame Ali put himself in the right spot with those cleats, used his head with that hair to re-direct a free kick and scored the game-winning goal for Lewiston in overtime to beat Portland, 1-0, in the Class A boys’ soccer state championship game at Deering High […]
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Portland upends Lewiston in Class A North football playoffs
Portland’s Vincent Pasquali looks to the referee after making the first touchdown of the evening as teammate Benjamin Stasium comes in to congratulate him during Friday night’s Class A North semi final on Garcelon Field at Bates College. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — In the first half, nothing happened. In the second half, Terion Moss […]
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Boys' soccer: Lewiston, Portland to clash in Class A state final
Lewiston head coach Mike McGraw reacts following his team’s win over Hampden Academy in Lewiston in 2015. Mike McGraw and Rocco Frenzilli have known each other a long time. Their 30-plus-year tenures as the head coaches of the Lewiston and Portland High School boys’ soccer teams, respectively, had a lot to do with their friendship. […]