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Portland Fish Exchange looks to shore up its future with aquaculture

by Penelope Overton September 2, 2020September 3, 2020

A waterfront institution partners with an oyster grower to diversify its operation and offer support to the growing aquaculture industry.

Business, Maine

Portland likely to miss out on Maine’s first adult-use marijuana sales

by Penelope Overton August 17, 2020August 18, 2020

A federal judge put the city’s retail license scoring system on hold after concluding its residency preference was probably unconstitutional.

Business, Maine

Old Port merchants say city’s pedestrian-only streets may be driving customers away

by Glenn Jordan August 14, 2020August 15, 2020

The temporary closure to vehicle traffic of 6 Old Port streets was designed to help restaurants create outdoor dining space so they could reopen safely and slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Maine, News

Man killed in Deering Oaks raised family of 9, survived Rwandan genocide

by Dennis Hoey July 30, 2020August 3, 2020

Celestin Muhizi, 76, had walked to Deering Oaks on Sunday evening to watch a youth baseball game and died after a car crashed into the bleachers he was sitting on.

Maine, News

Car bursts into flames in Portland’s Longfellow Square

by Dennis Hoey July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

Some people thought they heard an explosion but it was actually tires on the car popping, a witness says.

Maine, News, Uncategorized

Portland business owner accused of aggravated assault

by Rob Wolfe July 4, 2020July 6, 2020

Michael Roylos, 63, also faces other charges stemming from allegations that he used ‘homophobic slurs’ and attacked a woman in the Shaw’s parking lot on Auburn Street.