The preservation nonprofit is seeking to overturn a City Council vote in May that allows the Portland Museum of Art to demolish the former Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine.
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Businesses embrace ‘yes, you can pee in Portland,’ but the stalls seem stalled
A recent MIT study asked small businesses in the city about policy changes that would help their post-pandemic recovery. The response was a resounding call for more public restrooms downtown.
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Grants for Change Fund accepting applications
The Grants for Change Program at Maine Initiatives is accepting applications for its 2024 cohort. This is year three of its three-year commitment to supporting racial justice organizing and activism in Maine — prioritizing Black liberation and Wabanaki sovereignty — with over $1.5 million in grants to 36 organizations. The 12 organizations chosen this year […]
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Record temperatures expected as heat wave blasts Maine
Experts say records could be set this week as temperatures are predicted to hit the mid- or upper 90s from Portland to Bangor, foreshadowing what is expected to be a warmer-than-average summer.
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12-year-old Portland boy who died in Presumpscot River identified
Westbrook police say the body of Rachsombath ‘Rex’ Rasmey was found by a Maine Warden Service diver hours after he went under water and failed to resurface.
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Family of man shot in Portland confronts his killer in court
Damion Butterfield, 24, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for Derald Coffin’s death in 2022.
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Commuter bus service between Portland, Lewiston-Auburn to start in July
The Maine Department of Transportation has awarded a $2.8 million contract to a Utah company to operate the 2-year pilot program.
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New device, medication help Maine paramedics improve baby delivery
Former EMS protocol required paramedics to transport mothers and babies in separate ambulances. Now crews can carry them together, giving a mother and her child more time to connect.
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Maine bakeries rise above the competition to win James Beard Awards
Atsuko Fujimoto of Norimoto Bakery won for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker and Barak Olins’ ZUbakery took home the award for Outstanding Bakery.
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Dead humpback whale tangled in fishing gear pulled from Casco Bay
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is leading the investigation into the death of the whale known to marine scientists as ‘Chunk.’