The city would pay $150,000 over six years to have the panels installed, and expects to save $3.2 million in energy costs over the life of the project.
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Former Portland museum to house collection of New York abstract artist
The Leo Rabkin Foundation chooses the now-closed Museum of African Art and Culture as its new home.
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New community garden seen as unifier for disconnected Libbytown
Organizers hope that Portland’s 10th set of such plots will become a gathering place for a neighborhood split by highway projects.
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Orchard at Thompson’s Point will be a work of art
Sam Van Aken’s Tree of 40 Fruit project at Thompson’s Point is already fruitful.
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Dine Out Maine: Is Five Fifty-Five having a temporary lapse or a bigger problem?
The service and food range from excellent to inconsistent.
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Summer months end as warmest on record in Portland
The average temperature of 68.9 degrees was 2 degrees above normal and 0.2 degrees above the previous record, set in 2010 and 1988.
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Portland police investigate playground stabbing
The incident took place around 2:30 a.m. at Riverton Park.
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Portland Democrats hold forum to address ‘systemic racism’
The forum, which was prompted by fatal police shootings of black men, comes against the backdrop of recent remarks by Gov. LePage linking race and heroin trafficking.
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Portland Democrats to host discussion on racism, inclusiveness
The party committee says the discussion is in response to recent comments by Gov. Paul LePage about the racial makeup of drug dealers in the state.
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That Moment: In face of fatal illness, resilience and a ‘celebration of brains’
After developing a tumor, Sam Koenigsberg, 33, is inspired to throw a birthday party bathed in purple.