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Your source for local news and sports, with four weekly editions covering greater Portland, Maine

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City plants over 150 trees in Bayside pressherald.com/2024/11/08/c…

Portland plants over 150 trees in Bayside

The project aimed to increase tree canopy cover in the neighborhood that had distinctly fewer trees than the rest of the city and improve environmental equality.

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North Yarmouth votes to pass charter amendment pressherald.com/2024/11/05/n…

North Yarmouth votes to pass charter amendment

The measure passed, 2521 votes to 410 votes. 

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Yarmouth votes to approve infrastructure bond pressherald.com/2024/11/05/y…

Yarmouth votes to approve infrastructure bond

The ballot measure to fund three infrastructure projects passed with 4312 votes to 1768 votes.

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Reporters win Maine Press Association awards pressherald.com/2024/11/05/r…

Reporters win Maine Press Association awards

Reporters from The Forecaster, Lakes Region Weekly, American Journal, Sentry and Leader received recognition from the Maine Press Association for their stories. Drew Johnson, a reporter for the...

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Falmouth considers revised draft of pesticide use pressherald.com/2024/11/04/f…

Falmouth considers revised draft of pesticide use

A community feedback session on Oct. 30 brought up concerns over golf courses' exemption from the restriction, as well as suggesting an exemption for crabgrass management.

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Longfellow’s Haunted House tours continue to spook Portland pressherald.com/2024/11/04/l…

Longfellow’s Haunted House tours continue to spook Portland

The popular seasonal tours of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House are based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Haunted Houses," and focus on those who lived and died in the Portland landmark.

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Whooping cough reported in Cumberland schools pressherald.com/2024/11/01/w…

Whooping cough reported in Cumberland schools

The district is dealing with a minor outbreak of the respiratory infection.

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Portland English learners quiz government officials in forum pressherald.com/2024/11/04/p…

Portland English learners quiz government officials in forum

Last week, a panel of local, state and federal representatives answered questions from 75 ESOL students at Portland Adult Education.

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Victoria Mansion gets 19th-century updates pressherald.com/2024/11/04/v…

Victoria Mansion gets 19th-century updates

The National Historic Landmark on Danforth Street is undergoing three restoration projects that will bring it closer to its original appearance in 1860.

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North Yarmouth tackles updates to land use ordinance pressherald.com/2024/10/30/n…

North Yarmouth tackles updates to land use ordinance

The Select and Planning boards are collaborating to expand and clarify the application process, among other details in the ordinances.

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Greely eighth-grade documentarian draws attention of Ken Burns pressherald.com/2024/10/29/g…

Greely eighth-grade documentarian draws attention of Ken Burns

Greely Middle School student David Gilbert submitted his short film on the Americans with Disabilities Act to a National History Day contest and won the opportunity to speak with famed documentarian...

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Hewing logs by hand keeps Cumberland craftsman busy pressherald.com/2024/10/29/h…

Hewing logs by hand keeps Cumberland craftsman busy

Stephen Smith is, to his knowledge, the only craftsperson hand-hewing logs commercially in North America.

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Creations from confinement on display at the Francis Hotel pressherald.com/2024/10/28/c…

Creations from confinement on display at the Francis Hotel

The art exhibit at the Francis Hotel shows creations from people currently incarcerated in Maine.

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Domestic violence survivors find a voice in Portland pressherald.com/2024/10/25/d…
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Advocates for city’s homeless convene candidate forum pressherald.com/2024/10/25/a…

Advocates for Portland’s homeless convene forum of City Council candidates

The forums, facilitated by the advocacy group Homeless Voices for Justice, served as a platform for constituents with experience in homelessness to engage with candidates for Portland City Council.

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Tats 4 Tails benefits animal shelters through tattoos pressherald.com/2024/10/23/t…

Tats 4 Tails benefits animal shelters through tattoos

At the event hosted by Dark Harbor Tattoo Society, 114 people got inked in a fundraiser for local animal welfare groups.

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Yarmouth’s affordable housing charter amendment widens focus pressherald.com/2024/10/22/y…

Yarmouth’s affordable housing charter amendment widens focus

The Town Council voted to amend the charter to target households in a wider range of income.

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SAD 51’s One Campus project on track for spring bids pressherald.com/2024/10/22/s…

SAD 51’s One Campus project on track for spring bids

Jesse Lamarre-Vincent, leader of the project's Turf Committee, is confident the turf options presented will have an option that satisfies three core criteria: no PFAS, no tire crumb rubber infill,...

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Yarmouth Art Festival’s juried art show brings various artists’ work to the fore pressherald.com/2024/10/21/y…

Yarmouth Art Festival’s juried art show brings various artists’ work to the fore

Four artists featured in this year's Yarmouth Art Festival discuss their work.

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Senate District 27 pressherald.com/2024/10/21/s…

Senate District 27

Part of Portland and part of Westbrook

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