PORTLAND — A deadly flu raged when the Catholic Church and its Sisters of Mercy launched an institution on Dec. 12, 1918. One newspaper headline at the time warned, “Well in the Morning and Dead at Night.” It was autumn of 1918 and Maine was in the grip of a vicious flu pandemic more deadly than […]
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Maine photographer wins $10K international prize
MECA graduate Tabitha Barnard of Portland receives the Young Talent Award from Fujifilm. PORTLAND — Maine photographer Tabitha Barnard has won $10,000 in an international contest sponsored by Fujifilm. Barnard, who graduated from the Maine College of Art and works there as a technician, won the Emerging Photographer Fund Fujifilm/Young Talent Award for 2018 for her […]
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Housing developers among those hoping to transform Mercy Hospital building
PORTLAND—Housing developers are among the six individuals or groups that responded to a nationwide request for proposals to redevelop the 77-year-old Mercy Hospital building in Portland. Mercy officials will spend the upcoming weeks going through the proposals for its State Street facility and conducting interviews with the development teams, according to spokesman Ed Gilman, who […]
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Portland building owner says #metoo flag might stay until Susan Collins leaves office
PORTLAND — New York real estate investor Fabian Friedland hoped the large #metoo flag flying over the roof of his Old Port building might dissuade U.S. Sen. Susan Collins from voting for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. It did not work, of course. Collins, R-Maine, cast her pivotal vote in early October. But the flag […]
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Christmas Concert with the Kotzschmar Organ coming to Merrill
PORTLAND — The Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ have announced thatthis year’s holiday concert, “Christmas with Kennerley,” will be held one night only at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18. The city’s new municipal organist, James Kennerley, is excited for his first Christmas concert at Merrill Auditorium. “Playing the Kotzschmar organ is always such a delight and […]
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Visiting hawk draws paparazzi in Portland
PORTLAND (AP) — A hawk that is native to Central and South America drew a lot of attention from Maine’s birding community Friday after appearing in a park, where it brawled with a fellow raptor and dined on a squirrel. The great black hawk has been a source of fascination in Maine since it was […]
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Portland loses federal grant over its support of non-citizens
The Trump administration’s crackdown on communities that support asylum-seekers will cost Portland police $68,000 next year, city officials said. New language inserted into eligibility rules for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant issued by the Department of Justice requires city officials to attest that their community does not induce or encourage noncitizens to come to […]
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The Trailer Park Boys will bring their Christmas show to Portland
Cross Insurance Arena in Portland will be hosting The Trailer Park Boys’ Sunnyvale Christmas show at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Some of our neighbors from the north hope to show you the, shall we say, raunchier side of the holiday season. Ricky, Julian, Bubbles and Randy, better known as The Trailer Park Boys, are […]
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Portland waterfront to get 'boutique' hotel
Another high-end hotel is planned on the Portland waterfront, the ninth built or planned for Commercial or Fore streets in the past 15 years. Developer Jim Brady has proposed the Center Street boutique hotel for a half-acre portion of a surface parking lot on Commercial Street. The 135-room hotel will be designed to match the […]
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New owner of Three Dollar Deweys revealed
The mystery of who bought Three Dollar Deweys has been solved. Joe Christopher, owner of Three Rivers Whitewater, a whitewater rafting company in West Forks, acquired the lease at 241 Commercial Street and purchased the pub business; he plans to re-open it by March 1. Christopher, originally from Brunswick and “a long-time patron” of Deweys, […]