PORTLAND — Rocco Frenzilli has heard his soccer players speak many different languages . Over the past few decades at Portland High School, Frenzilli has watched numerous refugees settle in Portland, filling his Bulldogs’ roster with boys from a variety of countries and backgrounds. But they all spoke a common language when they took to […]
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Documentary on America’s opioid war filmed in Bangor, Portland
When Sebastian Walker traveled to Maine in August to document the drug abuse epidemic, he already knew some sobering statistics. The state has one of the worst rates of opiate addiction in the country. Health care providers in Maine write prescriptions for a commonly abused type of painkiller at the highest rate in the nation. But […]
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USM board to vote on budget cuts
PORTLAND — A proposal to cut two programs at the University of Southern Maine — undergraduate French and graduate applied medical sciences — could move one step closer to finalization on Wednesday. Members of the board of trustees academic and students affairs committee will vote whether to approve these program cuts at a meeting on […]
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Portland opens footgolf course
PORTLAND — Officials in the city of Portland say they are opening the first footgolf course in Maine. Portland Mayor Michael Brennan is unveiling the course at Riverside Golf Course on Monday morning. Footgolf is a sport that combines soccer and golf. The sport will be playable at the golf course’s South Course from Friday […]
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The Hot Corner: Football forfeits tough, like the game itself
Football is a bundle of contradictions. What do you expect from a game whose most esteemed coach borrowed the one-liner, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing,” and made it famous? It is a game both brutally honest and sometimes beholden to an it’s-legal-until-you-get-caught philosophy. It teaches invaluable life lessons, brutal ones, and occasionally foolish […]
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USM students, faculty protest proposed cuts
PORTLAND — Faculty and students are fighting back one week after University of Southern Maine President David Flanagan announced a plan that would cut $6 million from the school’s budget by eliminating 50 faculty positions. His plan, which is the first phase of an attempt to cut $16 million from the budget and reshape the […]
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New poll shows LePage leading governor’s race
PORTLAND — A new poll on the race for Maine governor suggests Republican Gov. Paul LePage has a significant lead over the Democratic nominee, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, while independent candidate Eliot Cutler has nearly 20 percent support. But the poll released Thursday by the Portland-based Pan Atlantic SMS, which surveyed 400 Maine residents in the […]
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‘It’s fun all the time:’ New game bar seeks to hit the jackpot in Portland
PORTLAND— In the time it takes to make change from a dollar, Arcadia National Bar fills up quickly. The newest nightlife option in Portland is a barcade — an arcade that dispenses adult beverages in lieu of soda pop. Step into the month-old Arcadia on Preble Street and the telltale “waaap, waap, whaaaa” of games […]
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H.S. Football: Oxford Hills throws scare into Portland, falls 14-7
PORTLAND — If it’s possible to enjoy a so-called “statement game” without springing a mild upset, Oxford Hills pulled it off Saturday night at Fitzpatrick Stadium. The Vikings proved they were up to the physical challenge of facing a Portland program that inflicted a 68-point loss last year, and a team that took then-unbeaten Bangor […]
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Blacks in Portland arrested at ‘disproportionate’ rate, police chief admits
PORTLAND — Portland’s black population is underrepresented on the city’s police force and overrepresented in the arrest logs, Police Chief Michael Sauschuck told an audience of more than 50 people Monday night. Of Portland’s approximately 66,000 residents, 7 percent are black, according to 2010 U.S. Census figures. Sauschuck said on Monday night that out of […]