The man tells police he pulled a gun when a masked man opened his car door, then fired two shots as he chased him down Washington Avenue.
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Newspaper that serves Maine’s immigrant community launches website
The free newspaper prints 10,000 copies a month, which are distributed through 200 locations.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Vandals use BB gun to shoot windows of cars and homes in Portland
Police are looking for whoever is responsible for shooting out numerous car and home windows with a BB gun or pellet gun over the last couple of months.
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Publisher folds Portland Phoenix but hopes ads for legal pot can revive it
The alternative weekly, the last survivor in what was once a group of four Phoenix publications, stopped publication in February.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, News
Paddleboats, zipline could be new additions to Portland’s Deering Oaks Park
A life-sized, bronze statue of the great black hawk that took up residence in the park over the winter is one of several possible new features.
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A year later, Barbecue Yee is trying a different path to baseball success
After unsuccessfully suing Portland schools in 2018 to get on the Deering High varsity team, Yee has chosen not to play high school baseball this spring.
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Portland police seek witnesses to crash that injured pedestrian
Police say a 21-year-old Portland woman suffered serious injuries Friday night.
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Thornton Tomasetti acquires Maine engineering firm
Portland’s Becker Structural Engineers Inc. specializes in mass timber construction, parking structures and highway bridge projects.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Tenants of former Portland bookie can stay – for now
Stephen Mardigan is serving a sentence of 15 months in federal prison for running what was believed to be Maine’s largest illegal gambling operation.
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‘Who am I?’ The man who started out as ‘Billy Sunshine’ may never know
The baby who would become Ronald Reed Perreault was abandoned in a car in Portland in March 1937. Now, at 82, he’s scouring records in hopes of solving a lifelong mystery.