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PublishedNovember 18, 2024
Yarmouth Scout restores WWII fort on Peaks Island
The project on Battery Steele was organized by Scout Malcolm Nelson for his Eagle Scout project.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2024
Preble Street to assume operations of Hope House Emergency Shelter in Bangor
The Portland-based nonprofit will take over running the low-barrier shelter in February 2025 as Penobscot Community Health Center can no longer afford it. It is the only privately operated low-barrier shelter in Maine north of Waterville.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2024
Children collaborate on ‘Portrait of Community’ mural
Multimedia artist Lisa DiFranza facilitated the mural through an artist residency at the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine that focused on the theme of belonging.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2024
Portland Vietnam veteran receives Purple Heart
David Whitten was honored for his service at Maine Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6859, 57 years after he was injured in combat.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2024
Yarmouth’s plans for $10.5 million infrastructure bond
The ballot measure to fund three infrastructure projects passed with 4,312 to 1,768 votes.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2024
Portland’s annual ‘Pumpkin-Cycle’ is a smash hit
Families gathered at Payson Park to toss and smash old pumpkins into the compost at the event hosted by Portland’s sustainability office.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2024
Portland plants over 150 trees in Bayside
The project aimed to increase tree canopy cover in the neighborhood that had distinctly fewer trees than the rest of the city and improve environmental equality.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2024
North Yarmouth votes to pass charter amendment
The measure passed, 2521 votes to 410 votes.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2024
Yarmouth votes to approve infrastructure bond
The ballot measure to fund three infrastructure projects passed with 4312 votes to 1768 votes.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2024
Longfellow’s Haunted House tours continue to spook Portland
The popular seasonal tours of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House are based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Haunted Houses,” and focus on those who lived and died in the Portland landmark.
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