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Fed up with hassles on peninsula, restaurants finding a home in neighborhoods

For practical and cultural reasons, some owners are avoiding Portland’s hottest real estate, and others are moving out of the city completely.

Portland officials approve a temporary art installation with pieces the public can move around and transform.

by Avery Yale Kamila July 5, 2017February 20, 2018

Mashed, Falafel Mafia and Thainy Boda expand the choices on the street for plant-based dishes.

The passengers aboard the Celebrity Summit had unrelated injuries and medical conditions requiring a trip to a hospital.

And the 24-month cap is likely to end General Assistance for dozens more asylum seekers over the next 12 months in Portland and other cities.

The two-year effort to convince chefs to feature new-shell lobster is paying dividends, but also dividing some lobstermen.

A girls chorus made up almost entirely of refugee immigrants is representing Maine at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., this weekend.

Ismail Awad, 28, will remain at Riverview Psychiatric Center but will be moved to a different part of the hospital.

Justin Riggall, 37, was prohibited from having guns because of a 2012 domestic violence conviction in Maine.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland issues a statement of support for the Islamic center after it received the note last week.