PORTLAND — Portland Daily Sun publisher Mark Guerringue confirmed Friday that the free newspaper will publish its final edition on Dec. 23. The paper’s two full-time staff members will move to the Portland Phoenix, which The Sun Newspapers Group, parent company of the Daily Sun, acquired in November. Guerringue, who was co-founder of three free […]
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As Muslims flee to Maine, she interprets their pain
PORTLAND — Qamar Ahmed looks into the eyes of her client, a mother of five whose years in Baghdad haunt her sleep. She holds the woman’s shoulder and speaks softly in Arabic as the two wait for an appointment at the Spurwink Psychiatric Clinic in downtown Portland, Maine. Ahmed, 31, is a professional interpreter, an […]
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Portland, Westbrook ask judge to make state pay overdue GA reimbursements
AUGUSTA — The cities of Portland and Westbrook are asking a Superior Court judge to make the state pay more than $1.2 million worth of reimbursements for General Assistance spending while the cities challenge the state’s decree that such aid not be given to some immigrants. The two cities, along with the Maine Municipal Association, […]
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ATF using computer model to find cause in fatal Portland fire
PORTLAND (AP) — Scientists with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are using a computer model to re-create the conditions of an apartment fire that killed six people in Portland in November. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1GLfGd2 ) reported that the computer model could provide answers about how the fire started, why it […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Bigfoot, ghosts, a lake monster — 2014 had plenty of weird
On the strange scale, Maine rarely disappoints. As 2014 winds down, we revisit Weird, Wicked Weirds for the latest developments, including a new hunt for a popular medium who may have been buried alive here in 1882. A possible government-sponsored quest for a lake monster in Iceland. And more searching for things that go bump […]
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Portland police close streets, ‘disrupt’ suspicious device Thursday evening
PORTLAND — Sections of Franklin and Middle streets were reopened about 6 p.m. Thursday after the Portland Police Department’s Hazardous Device Unit used a robot to “disrupt” a suspicious item brought to the police station by a local construction crew, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin said in an email update Thursday night. The incident that prompted […]
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NAACP, other groups plan Portland ‘March to End Violence’ at 2 p.m. Sunday
PORTLAND — Several hundred people protesting the recent deaths of two black men by white police officers stopped traffic in the city’s busy downtown on Friday and another similar protest is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, said Rachel Talbot Ross, state director of the Maine NAACP. “The march is intended for those who want to […]
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Protesters rally for racial justice locally and nationally
Demonstrators around the country staged die-ins, blocked roadways and marched into stores to protest a New York grand jury’s decision to not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. Tensions were already running high around the nation because of a grand jury’s decision last week to not indict […]
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AHL: Oberg nets OT-winner for Pirates against Providence
The Pirates fired 39 shots on net, and it was shot No. 39 that was the difference- maker as Portland skated away with a 3-2 victory in overtime over the Providence Bruins in front of 3,791. Defenseman Evan Oberg netted the game-winner 1:36 into overtime, sniping a shot from the blue line over the glove-side […]
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Police identify victim in Portland homicide
PORTLAND — The victim of a Friday night homicide at a Brighton Avenue apartment was a 23-year-old man who did not reside there, police said Saturday. An autopsy conducted on Saturday showed that Richard Lobor of Portland died from a single gunshot wound. Responding officers arrived at the 214 Brighton Ave. residence a little after […]