PORTLAND — An Auburn man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court for possessing cocaine with the intent to distributing it, according to attorney Richard W. Murphy. Derrick Favreau, 33, was sentenced to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and was fined $5,000. Favreau pleaded guilty July 26, 2016. Law enforcement officers […]
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Children's Museum moving to Thompson's Point
PORTLAND — The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine has optioned a little over an acre at Thompson’s Point and has plans for a building twice the size of its current home next to the Portland Museum of Art on Free Street. No specific details about the project were available this week, but Suzanne Olson, […]
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#Tourney17: Portland earns second straight AA championship with blowout win
AUGUSTA — Portland wasted little time establishing itself as the alpha dog in a sequel that, like so many others, came nowhere close to living up to the hype of the original. The Bulldogs defeated South Portland 60-38 to claim their second consecutive Class AA boys’ basketball state championship Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. […]
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Maine Medical Center turns away non-emergency patients
PORTLAND — Maine’s largest hospital has had to turn away ambulances with non-emergency patients this week because it’s overwhelmed with sick patients. Maine Medical Center says it’s the largest number of patients the hospital has seen in 38 years. Other Maine hospitals are nearing capacity as well. Doctors tell WGME-TV that part of the problem […]
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Cross Insurance Arena to consider 4 hockey proposals
Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. PORTLAND — Cross Insurance Arena trustees will meet next week to discuss proposals from four groups interested in bringing professional hockey back to Portland. The board’s Strategic Development Committee will convene on Monday to review the four proposals before making a recommendation at the board’s next full meeting March 8. The city has […]
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Portland rethinks changing Franklin Street to MLK Boulevard
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland is reconsidering naming a busy thoroughfare after Martin Luther King Jr. amid public concerns that many residents were forced to move 50 years ago to make way for the project. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2msixZB ) the city council’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee held a public hearing Tuesday evening on […]
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Portland police investigate homicide after finding man in car
PORTLAND — Police have launched a homicide investigation after finding a man slumped over inside a parked car on Portland’s West End. Police Chief Michael Sauschuck said officers responding to a 911 call on Monday removed the 35-year-old man from the car but he died in the street. He said the case was being treated […]
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Police charge three with assaulting woman at South Portland motel
PORTLAND (AP) — Police have arrested three people in connection with the assault of a woman at a South Portland motel room that left her badly beaten. Officers were dispatched to a Main Street motel shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday following reports of the altercation. There, police found that the victim’s room was trashed and […]
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Police charge three with assaulting woman at South Portland motel
PORTLAND (AP) — Police have arrested three people in connection with the assault of a woman at a South Portland motel room that left her badly beaten. Officers were dispatched to a Main Street motel shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday following reports of the altercation. There, police found that the victim’s room was trashed and […]
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Bishop Deeley names March 3 as Day of Prayer and Penance
PORTLAND — Bishop Robert P. Deeley has designated Friday, March 3, as a diocesan-wide Day of Prayer and Penance to seek forgiveness for past harm while offering prayers for the healing of victims and survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The day will also reaffirm the Diocese of Portland’s continuing pledge to provide […]