PORTLAND — Portland police are investigating gunfire in which one of the bullets nearly hit a sleeping child. Police canvassed a neighborhood Friday for witnesses and videotape footage that might yield clues. They don’t believe the sleeping child or her father were targeted. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/15Q0Ss6 ) says police found a hole in […]
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I-295 reopens Friday morning in Portland
PORTLAND — Interstate 295 in Portland is reopened after it was shut down in both directions Friday morning because of utility lines that fell across the roadway. State police say the lines fell after an excavator struck a utility pole at a construction site near the highway at about 1 a.m. Friday. No one was […]
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Lightning sparks fire in Portland; damage estimated at $200,000
PORTLAND (AP) — Fire officials say a lightning strike sparked a fire at a used car dealership in Portland. The Portland Fire Department says the fire Thursday morning was contained quickly but the single story building is no longer safe to occupy. No one was hurt. The damage is estimated at over $200,000.
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If you can’t take the heat, imagine what it’s like in the kitchen
SOUTH PORTLAND — They call it the Bermuda Triangle of heat. In the corner of Scratch Baking Co. stands a 550-degree oven, a stove with pots of boiling water and a warm pastry oven. On a hot summer day this air conditioned-free-space can get up to 120 degrees. It’s not a place you would choose […]
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Tow truck operators say Portland may lose their services if the city doesn’t charge higher towing fees
PORTLAND — Drivers whose cars or trucks are towed in Portland will soon be charged more to get their vehicles back. But tow company operators say the fee hike still isn’t enough to cover their increasing costs. As a result, the wrecker drivers say, the city may find itself without enough tow trucks to call […]
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Portland voters to decide whether to legalize marijuana
PORTLAND — Proponents of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in Maine’s largest city evoked the controversial George Zimmerman verdict during a Monday news conference in Portland and said laws against pot are used to unfairly target blacks. “Our justice system is failing us,” said Regina Phillips, an executive board member of the Maine NAACP, […]
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Portland council cracks down on panhandling
PORTLAND — After hearing public testimony from nearly two dozen residents, the City Council on Monday night unanimously voted into law a ban on loitering in street medians — a measure critics have said is a thinly disguised attempt to stamp out panhandling in the city. The ban, which was proposed a year ago but […]
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Portland City Council to discuss legalizing pot tonight
PORTLAND — The Portland City Council will discuss making it legal for adults to possess marijuana in the city in a public hearing tonight. The hearing focuses on a citizen initiative that would make marijuana possession legal for people who are at least 21 years old. The council could enact the ordnance or let voters decide. […]
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Portland school officials say military recruiters are allowed
PORTLAND — Portland Public Schools officials are disputing a claim by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that the city’s high schools limit uniformed military recruiters’ access to students. Officials said Monday that the district’s four high schools allow uniformed military recruiters to speak with students. Portland High School Principal Deborah Migneault says in a statement that […]
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5 runners treated for heat exhaustion in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — Officials say hot weather caused problems for some participants in the Shipyard Half Marathon, with about a dozen runners being treated for heat-related problems. Portland fire officials tell WGME-TV says that five of the runners had to be taken to the hospital on Sunday. The 13.1-mile road race looped through Portland. The […]