The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad seeks community support as it links Maine’s past with its future.
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Izzy’s Cheesecake in Portland closes its doors after 35 years
The Portland bakery announced Wednesday that it would close immediately.
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Group fighting to retain vaccination law tops $58,000 in donations
The group opposes Question 1, which would overturn Maine’s new law eliminating certain exemptions to childhood vaccination requirements.
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Portland Planning Board approves 4-story hotel on Congress Street
The 47-room Longfellow hotel will be built on the site of a convenience store and gas station in the West End.
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Skunk goes on spraying spree through Portland home
The animal entered the Munjoy Hill house as the tenant was letting her puppy out Sunday and caused over $1,000 in damage.
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Teenagers charged in connection with armed robberies in Portland, Westbrook
The 16-year-old and 17-year-old are accused of robbing a gas station and a convenience store.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Portland man shot his sister’s boyfriend in the back, forensic experts agree
But the state medical examiner and an expert testifying for the defense in Mark Cardilli Jr.’s murder trial offer different theories about what happened in the final moments of the confrontation in which Cardilli killed Isahak Muse.
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Old favorite Maria’s restaurant will reopen in new spot on Saturday
The restaurant, a nearly 60-year-old Italian-American institution in Portland, will open the doors to its newly renovated space on outer Congress Street.
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Ex-military CEO says hiring veterans makes good business sense
Joshua Broder, who now runs Tilson Technology Management in Portland, says the work ethic, team thinking and the leadership training soldiers receive translate well to civilian jobs.
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Portland’s cruise ship schedule blown off course by nor’easter
Several ships are either taking shelter in Portland Harbor or avoiding the Maine coast this week.