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As UPS workers prepare for strike, Maine businesses hope it won’t be delivered

by Kay Neufeld July 10, 2023July 11, 2023

The giant shipping company and the Teamsters have left the bargaining table, and a strike could force UPS customers and consumers to consider some hard choices.

Maine, News, Schools and Education

Portland schools embracing multilingual education

by Lana Cohen July 10, 2023July 17, 2023

A third of the district’s roughly 6,500 students are multilingual, many with limited English. Preparing educators to confront that shift could benefit everyone.

Maine, News

They couldn’t find an apartment in Portland. So they got a bus.

by Rachel Ohm July 9, 2023July 9, 2023

But after two years, it hasn’t been the adventurous solution Jeremy and Taylor Michelson had imagined. Their home has been idled outside a U-Haul facility, racking up thousands of dollars in parking tickets.

Feature Obituary, Maine

South Sudanese pastor found faith, community in southern Maine

by Gillian Graham July 7, 2023July 8, 2023

Solomon Mursal died unexpectedly on June 25. The 54-year-old pastor came to Portland from South Sudan as a refugee in the early 2000s.

Maine, Maine Crime

Judge denies request to throw out evidence in decade-old murder trial

by Emily Allen July 3, 2023July 4, 2023

Zachary Phach, 33, is scheduled to be tried beginning July 17 on a murder charge in the death of Matthew Blanchard in 2012.

Maine, News

Dead whale found on the shore of Peaks Island

by Bonnie Washuk July 1, 2023July 1, 2023

The Maine Marine Patrol identified the mammal discovered Saturday as a minke whale.

Maine

Portland asks Mills to house asylum seekers at college campus in Unity or call in National Guard

by Rachel Ohm June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

The letter to the governor, spurred by a proposal from the Greater Portland Council of Governments, comes as the city is preparing to close a shelter for asylum seekers at the Portland Expo on Aug. 16.