PORTLAND — It’s up to men to make domestic violence socially unacceptable, Gov. Paul LePage told members of the Cheverus High School football team Wednesday morning.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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LePage to Cheverus footballers: Help end domestic violence
The governor is speaking about domestic violence at an all-school assembly this afternoon and at a public forum tonight at Cheverus.
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Dominican babies to get surgeries in Maine
PORTLAND — Two mothers from the Dominican Republic arrived at Portland’s Ronald McDonald House on Tuesday morning, each carrying a baby girl who was born with a heart defect.
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Dominican babies to have heart surgery in Maine
PORTLAND — Two mothers from the Dominican Republic arrived at Portland’s Ronald McDonald House on Tuesday morning, each carrying a baby girl who was born with a heart defect.
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Businesses clear out, make way for Southern Maine’s first firework shop
Southern Maine’s first fireworks store, set to open in June, has other retailers in Scarborough’s Gateway Shoppes literally moving out of the way.
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As fireworks store moves in, other businesses make way
Southern Maine’s first fireworks store, set to open in June, has other retailers in Scarborough’s Gateway Shoppes literally moving out of the way.
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Barber Foods lays off 79 more workers
The company, which was bought by AdvancePierre Foods last year, has laid off 232 employees since June.
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Overheated bathroom fan burns Gorham building
GORHAM — An electrical fire that was started by a bathroom fan Thursday night burned through the upper floors of the building that’s home to the Gorham House of Pizza, shutting down the popular restaurant and drawing a state investigator to the town that has been hit by six suspicious fires since late March.
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Electrical fire shuts down Gorham House of Pizza
GORHAM — An electrical fire that was started by a bathroom fan Thursday night burned through the upper floors of the building that’s home to the Gorham House of Pizza, shutting down the popular restaurant and drawing a state investigator to the town that has been hit by six suspicious fires since late March.
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Portland Flea-For-All opens to hundreds
PORTLAND — Where can you find a vintage suitcase, an acoustic guitar and a painting of a parrot, all in the same square foot?