These skills courses, which are roughly the size of basketball courts, foster better bike-handling aptitude and offer fun on two wheels.
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Summer labor crunch hits Maine businesses hard
Many restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions are going short-staffed this season, and the lack of qualified employees is reverberating in other sectors.
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Three local nonprofits among those awarded grants
Area grant recipients include Community Clinical Services, John F. Murphy Homes Inc., and Sustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Asylum seekers welcomed to Maine with a ‘beautiful and wonderful’ July Fourth picnic
Despite a political divide over immigration nationally, large numbers of volunteers donate food, services or time to welcome 150-plus recently arrived asylum seekers sheltering in Portland.
Posted inLocal & State, News
New American citizens ready to celebrate the Fourth in Maine
The holiday means independence for the United States – and for these grateful people, too.
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Woman found dead Monday near Portland swimming pool was cyclist
Police say the death does not appear suspicious, but the state medical examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Sports
Soccer matches welcome asylum seekers in Portland
Congolese community leaders team up with players from Angola, Rwanda and other African countries to welcome the latest arrivals with an afternoon of soccer in Bayside.
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Attorneys argue over Maine ban on public funding of religious schools
The lawsuit questions why districts can pay tuition to outside public and private schools, but are barred from paying public funding to religious schools.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation / World, News
Some asylum seekers move on, leaving fewer families sheltering at Portland Expo
While African migrants who came from the southern U.S. border wait at an emergency shelter in Portland, some may be moving on to Canada because of immigration fears.
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Portland’s neighbors pledge to help find homes and other assistance for asylum seekers
Leaders from 6 Greater Portland communities say they will seek housing for close to 90 families who are now staying in city shelters.