PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s largest city is set to increase parking fees just before the 4th of July next week. In a special announcement dated June 22, Portland’s official Twitter account tweeted the city would have new parking rates starting July 1 — increasing from $1 an hour to $1.25 an hour. The Portland Press […]
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Sea Dogs: Red Sox call up Tzu-Wei Lin; Portland falls to Harrisburg
PORTLAND — The Boston Red Sox promoted Sea Dogs infielder/outfielder Tzu-Wei Lin to their active roster Saturday. Lin, who was added to Boston’s 40-man roster and will wear No. 73, becomes the ninth Sea Dog to make the jump to Boston from Double-A. Lin hit .302 (48-for-159) with a career-high five homers and 19 RBIs […]
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Sea Dogs: Chipotle key to Danny Mars’ success
Chipotle’s food is the secret to Danny Mars’ success this season. Mars, an outfielder in his first year with the Portland Sea Dogs, started eating at Chipotle before games during a road trip early in the season. Now the Mexican grill cuisine is part of his daily routine. “Wake up, I get Starbucks in the […]
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Professional hockey returns to Portland in 2018
PORTLAND (WGME) — Professional hockey is coming back to Portland for the 2018-2019 season. Comcast Spectacor, the parent company of Spectra and the Philadelphia Flyers, announced Thursday it has purchased the Alaska Aces ECHL franchise and will relocate the team to the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. The yet-to-be-named team will begin play with the […]
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Class A South softball: Scarborough earns spot in state title game
STANDISH — It was the darndest thing. Scarborough’s Sam Carreiro hit the ball about five inches during the first inning of the Class A South softball championship game. The ball should have either gone foul or been an easy third out at first base. Instead, it spun as if it had a life of its […]
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Yosaku owner, Aroostook farmers boost buckwheat
PORTLAND — Tak Sato wants Japanese buckwheat to take the country by storm, with the whirlwind starting on an Aroostook County farm. “American people need this food; it is very good for the body,” Sato said June 7 at his Yosaku restaurant on Danforth Street. Classified as a fruit seed, the flour from gluten-free buckwheat is the […]
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Portland woman learned from Jay strike
Delia Gorham, 32, of Portland was a child when she attended weekly meetings with her family during the Jay labor strike against International Paper Co. Her mother, brother and her father, Eddie Gorham, who was secretary-treasurer of the Maine AFL-CIO at the time, would make the long drive to Jay from Randolph. “They always stopped […]
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Ordinance is discriminating
Recently, I was performing with a friend in Portland with some battery-powered amplifiers. I am a harmonica player and he uses an electric guitar. These instruments need minor amplification to be feasibly heard. Several officers passed by us and didn’t say a word until hours later when we were told we violated an ordinance, yet […]
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Sporty hijabs encourage Muslim girls to hit field of play
In this May 24, 2017, photo Fadumo Adan, a lacrosse player at Deering High School, wears a sports hijab provided by the school during practice in Portland. Deering High School is providing sport hijabs with the goal of making Muslim girls comfortable and boosting their participation in sports. Tennis co-captains Liva Pierce and Anaise Manikunda […]
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Turner company Grojo wins Microsoft Top Gun prize
PORTLAND — Last month, the Turner company Grojo took a top spot in a Top Gun entrepreneurial competition held in Lewiston. The statewide final competition was held Wednesday night and while Grojo didn’t win this one, they didn’t do too badly – the company was awarded the Bizspark prize from Microsoft, a suite of services […]