Avesta Housing plans apartments for asylum seekers in South Portland, Portland

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Published
August 22, 2022

Avesta Housing plans apartments for asylum seekers in South Portland, Portland

The 100 units are under construction and expected to cost significantly less than hotels currently used as emergency shelters.
Published
July 22, 2022

PETA offers city new statue to replace lobsterman

The animal rights group is suggesting instead a statue of a very large lobster crushing a lobster trap in one of its claws.
Published
July 21, 2022

Maine Medical Center nurses will vote next month on whether to remain unionized

A petition, backed by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and signed by more than 500 nurses, paved the way for the vote on the union, which was formed in April of 2021.
Published
July 20, 2022

Maine real estate market cooled in June as interest rates rose

Although sale prices are still on the rise, the number of homes sold continued to decline, and some agents say houses are staying on the market longer and sellers are getting fewer offers.
Published
July 14, 2022

In a summer of national division, U.S. governors meet in Portland and find some common ground

The National Governors Association is hosting its semi-annual meeting in Maine for the first time in 39 years.
Published
May 6, 2022

Anti-abortion protesters plan to continue weekly demonstrations in Portland

They say the draft opinion indicating that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade won't end their weekly protests outside a Planned Parenthood Clinic.
Published
May 4, 2022

Family says cyclist who died in Portland crash thought all people ‘worthy of love and attention’

Christina Holt worked for 17 years at Portland's Shalom House, doing overnights at group homes run by the agency and connecting clients to community-based mental health services.
Published
April 26, 2022

Driver who slammed car into Deering Oaks bleachers pleads guilty to manslaughter

Jonathan Burt of Lisbon will serve 4½ years of a 15-year suspended sentence for killing Celestin Muhizi, 76, in 2020.
Published
April 21, 2022

I-295 closure starts Friday for Veranda Bridge replacement

A busy stretch of Interstate 295 between Portland and Falmouth will be closed for 64 hours while workers replace an aging highway bridge.
Published
March 31, 2022

Feeling powerless in the face of Ukraine’s war, a Portland couple unfurls a ritual

Ben and Victoria Bernard have taken to flying homemade Ukrainian flags from a spot overlooking I-295.