PORTLAND — Portland Mayor Michael Brennan wants students, hospital patients and jail inmates to eat more fish — particularly, locally caught fish. Entering the final year of his four-year term, Brennan is hoping to convince Greater Portland cafeteria operators to commit to serving local fish, an effort he said would create a stable, constant demand […]
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Holy Savior Catholic School to present cookies to businesses
RUMFORD — Students at Holy Savior Catholic School will visit several local businesses and town departments to present homemade cookies Tuesday, Jan. 27, as part of Maine Catholic Schools Week. Principal Barbara Pelletier said that many years ago, Holy Savior Catholic School would have students’ parents make cookies, and the students would hand them out […]
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Portland landlord faces deadline to fix code violations
PORTLAND (AP) — City officials say the landlord of a Portland apartment building in which six people died in a fire is facing legal action if he fails to fix safety code violations in another building he owns. A city spokeswoman says Gregory Nisbet has until Feb. 2 to bring 186-188 Dartmouth St. up to […]
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Portland murder victim may have been trying to keep the peace
PORTLAND — Richard Lobor, who was killed Nov. 21, 2014, in an apartment on Brighton Avenue, may have been acting as a peacekeeper during a dispute, according to a police affidavit filed in the Cumberland County Unified Criminal Docket. The affidavit was released Thursday, Jan. 15, after the initial court appearance by Abdirahman Huessin Haji-Hassan, […]
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Barney Frank blasts voting restrictions at MLK event in Portland
PORTLAND — Former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank told an audience of nearly 500 people in Portland on Monday that refusing to vote insults the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Portland branch of the NAACP held its 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast at the Holiday Inn By the Bay and […]
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Portland Phoenix buys, closes competing weekly paper
PORTLAND — In the latest twist in what has been a short — but heated — rivalry between two alternative weekly newspapers in Maine’s largest city, the Portland Phoenix has purchased and discontinued Dig Portland. Officials with the two newspapers announced the deal jointly around midday Monday. “It was unfortunate timing that we both started […]
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Pleasant Lake Dam bids to be reviewed
OTISFIELD — Selectmen in Otisfield and Casco will meet next week to review engineering consulting bids for rehabilitating the Pleasant Lake Dam in Casco. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Casco Town Office on Route 121. Otisfield Selectman Rick Micklon said Monday that the board will recommend to Casco […]
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Portland composter eyes Twin Cities with new Auburn location
AUBURN — A Portland-based food-waste composter hopes to expand its business to the Twin Cities now that the company has moved part of its operation to Auburn. Brett Richardson, general manager at We Compost It, said the company already has agreements to begin collecting scraps from St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and Rails restaurant in […]
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Auburn insurance company relocating to Portland
PORTLAND — The Portland City Council on Monday night agreed to a deal that will allow Auburn-based Patrons Oxford Insurance Co. to relocate to Maine’s largest city. The agreement represents a milestone as the long-awaited first tenant of the much ballyhooed Portland Technology Park, touted at its opening in September 2013 as a key capacity […]
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Portland fire victim’s family faces obstacles beyond finances
PORTLAND — Ashley Summers wears her husband’s identification badge from his job at Boston Financial. “I feel like I have him right with me,” she said Dec. 23 as she talked about a new fundraising website to assist her family after the death of Steven Summers on Nov. 4. Summers died from burns he received […]