No injuries were reported after bullets were fired into an apartment at 11 Kennedy Park around 10 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.
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New projects may soon begin to ease housing burden for asylum seekers
Up to 175 units may be available in three communities by spring, with some expected to open as early as this month.
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Portland police investigate string of possible overdose deaths
Police suspect overdoses caused or contributed to three deaths over two days in the city, which has already more than doubled its fatal overdoses from last year.
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Maine Maritime Academy mourns loss of four students killed in crash
The college held a vigil Sunday night in honor of the students – two from Maine and two from Massachusetts – who died early Saturday in a single car crash on Route 166 in Castine.
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Police investigate shooting outside Portland strip club
A 39-year man was struck by a bullet and received non-life threatening injuries early Sunday morning outside Rick’s Cabaret, police said.
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Portland prepares to implement new rent control ordinance, charter revisions
Changes to the city’s rent control ordinance approved by voters last month will take effect Thursday, and the approved charter revisions will go into effect July 1.
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Death of Portland man in Parkside shooting was a homicide, police say
Tyler Flexon, 26, of Portland, died Tuesday after he was found with a gunshot wound near the intersection of Sherman and Mellen streets.
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Neighbor describes hearing fight shortly before fatal Parkside shooting
A 26-year-old man, who police have not named, died after he was found shot near the intersection of Sherman and Mellen streets Tuesday.
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Court rules Portland rents aren’t ‘trade secrets’ and should be public
Bayview Court LLC and Eastern Promenade Limited Liability Co. had argued that rent information should only be available to city employees administering ordinance, and not the general public.
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Man fatally shot in Portland’s Parkside neighborhood
The 26-year-old Portland man was found with an apparent gunshot wound and later died at Maine Medical Center, police say.