The Portland Pirates received $45,000 a year in revenue from the Spring Street garage generated during home games.
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Draft policy for Portland police body cameras raises privacy concerns
Some attending a meeting where the policy was rolled out say they want more detail on how the cameras will be used in schools and hospitals and during legal public assemblies.
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Portland to consider safe-injection site for drug users
The idea is being studied by other U.S. cities as a way to reduce the risk of overdoses amid a national epidemic of opioid abuse.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Ex-developer who served prison time remembered as larger than life
Travis Soule, 53, of Portland died Saturday after suffering a fatal heart attack on a stationary bike, friends said.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Hopeful poets bringing fight against gun violence to Maine
The Telling Room will host a reading with Maine poet Richard Blanco and others on March 6 at the Portland library.
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Portland police propose rules for body camera use
The policy, aimed at promoting transparency and protecting privacy, may enable a spring pilot program.
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Good news for Portland drivers – potholes about to be fixed
The city says a major repair project will begin this week to address the ‘extreme pothole season.’
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Loved ones believe mental illness led Chance Baker to bad decisions – and into the sights of a gun
Before he died in a police-involved shooting a year ago in Portland, the 22-year-old methodically slipped away from family and friends, from jobs and homes.
Posted inLife & Culture, Source
This Portland homeowner wrestled with whether to remove a beloved old tree
The red maple brought with it decades of history, and, in its final years, a sense of familiarity for editor Peggy Grodinsky.
Posted inHomegrown, Life & Culture, Source
Homegrown: Shuck oysters sustainably with edgy knives
Island Creek’s oyster-shucking knives are made from plastic trash recovered from the ocean.