Victoria Harris won the opening tip for the Blue Devils (2-1), and the ball found the hands of Skylar Gaudette, who couldn’t make a quick layup but did hit both free throws. Lewiston never let off the gas from there, either at the offensive or defensive ends. The Bulldogs (0-4) rarely got off a shot […]
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Portland’s Fyood Kitchen offers ‘social cooking competition’
Fyood Kitchen is based at Fork Food Lab in West Bayside, where an on-site staff does all of the grocery shopping, stocks the pantry and cleans up. It’s also where cooks of all varieties have access to a fully equipped commercial kitchen. Maddie Purcell founded Fyood Kitchen just three months ago and describes it as […]
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Portland, CEBA agree to new contract with raises
PORTLAND — The Portland City Council has approved a new contract with the city’s largest union that will increase wages by $1.1 million over the next three years. The Portland Press Herald reports the agreement with roughly 500 workers in the City Employee Benefits Association was approved Monday and provides annual increases of 2 percent. […]
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Portland landlord sentenced to 90 days for fatal fire
PORTLAND — A judge says a Maine landlord who owned a building were six people died in a fire will serve 90 days in jail. Gregory Nisbet was sentenced for a code violation Thursday. Prosecutors described rooms in a Portland house he rented as “death traps” during his trial. Nisbet addressed the court Thursday to […]
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Sentencing of landlord in Portland fatal fire pushed back
PORTLAND — The sentencing of a Portland landlord who owned a building where six people died in a 2014 fire has been pushed back to later in the week. Gregory Nisbet faces a maximum of 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine following his conviction for a misdemeanor code violation. WMTW-TV reports his sentencing […]
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UMaine hockey is finding a fanbase and a future path in Portland
PORTLAND — With the Portland Pirates’ unexpected move to Springfield, Massachusetts, hockey fans across Maine’s largest city are feeling famished. “People are starving for hockey,” said former University of Maine defenseman Peter Metcalf, who lives in Portland and attended Pirates games. “It’s still a great hockey town and a great hockey state.” Into this void […]
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H.S. Football: Bonny Eagle powers past Portland for Class A title
The Scots scored on their final drive of the first half, then again on each of their first four drives of the second half to roll past Portland 34-14 at Fitzpatrick Stadium. Bonny Eagle senior quarterback Cam Day reached across the goal line for a 4-yard touchdown with less than a minute to play in […]
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H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
1. Bonny Eagle (10-0) (1) The Scots thwarted away an upset bid by Scarborough that Thornton Academy couldn’t do the week before. The only unbeaten team in Class A now gets to try and finish a perfect season by beating Portland on its home turf. 2. Portland (9-1) (2) The Bulldogs made it back to […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Brunswick 35, Kennebunk 21 Wells 28, Mount Desert Island 12 Lisbon 26, Maine Central Institute 22