A granite stone bearing a bronze plaque has been installed in Longfellow Park, near where 6 young people died in the state’s deadliest fire in over 2 decades.
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Rockland man finds his father after a 30-year search
David Bragdon says his quest took on greater urgency after he lost his oldest son in the fire in Portland that killed six people in 2014.
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Mother of Noyes Street fire victim petitions Portland to create memorial
Lisa LeConte Mazziotti wants the city to build a memorial to the six young adults – including her daughter Nicole Finlay – who died in the 2014 blaze.
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Portland landlord jailed over fatal fire is released on eve of blaze’s anniversary
Gregory Nisbet serves 70 days of his three-month sentence for a safety code violation in the building where the fire killed six people.
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Portland landlord is going to jail, after losing his last appeal of conviction in fire that killed 6
Gregory Nisbet, acquitted of manslaughter, got a 90-day sentence for a misdemeanor safety violation in his building on Noyes Street, the site of Portland’s deadliest fire in four decades.
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Justices seem skeptical of Portland landlord’s arguments in appeal of fire code conviction
Gregory Nisbet was sentenced to three months in jail after the November 2014 fire that killed six on Noyes Street, but his lawyer says the code is too vague to be enforced.
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Lawyers for Portland fire victims’ families frustrated by small settlement
Each family that lost a loved one in the Noyes Street blaze will get $45,000, which one attorney calls ‘wholly inadequate,’ because the landlord had few assets other than $300,000 from fire insurance.
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Three years after deadly Noyes St. fire, renters must labor to access Portland’s inspection data
After six died in a 2014 fire, the Housing Safety Office was created. It produced a database that contains few solid details and must be tracked down at City Hall.
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Judge rejects Portland landlord’s request for a new trial in fatal fire case
Gregory Nisbet is expected to file appeals of his conviction and sentence with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court within three weeks.
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Attorneys clash as landlord in deadly Portland fire seeks new trial
Testimony conflicts over whether the defense was given an item of evidence before the conviction of Gregory Nisbet, who has been sentenced to three months in jail for a code violation.