The annual ‘Feast of Sacrifice’ holiday occurs during the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, and in most places lasts for four days.
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Wilton motorcyclist critically injured in Portland crash
The accident closed part of Forest Avenue for over two hours, police say.
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Portland Museum of Art to unveil wall-size work by Maine native Tim Rollins
The 13-foot-by-34-foot permanent installation titled ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ will hang in the museum’s Great Hall.
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Portland developer thinking big as he considers key parcel in Old Port
Tim Soley, who owns a number of buildings in the Old Port, is exploring many ideas – including a building 20 or more stories tall – on property near Union and Fore streets
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Maine Medical Center proposes its largest expansion ever, at a cost of $512 million
The project would add 300,000 square feet to the hospital’s campus, put the main entrance on Congress Street and make changes to enhance patients’ stays.
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Synthetic ‘zombie’ drug spice poses enforcement problem in Portland
The Bayside neighborhood is seeing a resurgence of the cheap, dangerous and technically legal substance.
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Portland police investigate sexual assault in Deering Center home
Police say the woman believes she knows the attacker.
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Portland council opts to negotiate deal to build solar array at landfill
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.