The 41st president and first lady were generous with their money and time, particularly to the health care communities of Biddeford and Portland.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
Amid development boom, Portland’s leading preservation advocate to retire from post
Hilary Bassett will leave Greater Portland Landmarks, which she has led since 2000, at the end of June.
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Posted inAnimals, Life & Culture, Local & State, Outdoors
Rarely seen hawk appears again, this time at Deering Oaks park in Portland
The great black hawk, native to Central and South America, first appeared in August in Biddeford and now appears to be settling in for the Maine winter.
Posted inLife & Culture
Maine photographer wins $10K international prize
MECA graduate Tabitha Barnard of Portland receives the Young Talent Award from Fujifilm.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Commercial Real Estate
Portland’s The Boulos Co. to drop affiliation with CBRE Group
The commercial real estate brokerage said going independent will allow it to have more autonomy and build new relationships.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Another hotel planned for Commercial Street corridor on Portland waterfront
The high-end, 135-room hotel would be built at Center and Commercial streets, about a block from the new Marriott and proposed lodging at the former Rufus Deering Lumber site.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland drops Barron Center site as possible location for new shelter
The decision follows months of opposition by residents of the Nason’s Corner neighborhood. A council committee then endorses a plan to pursue a 150-bed facility elsewhere in Portland.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Life & Culture, Local & State
New owner of Three Dollar Deweys revealed. He’s a big fan of ‘serious fun.’
Joe Christopher, who also owns Maine inns and a whitewater rafting company, hopes to reopen the pioneering pub business in Portland by March 1.
Posted inFood & Dining
The Wrap: Goodies and doing good at Full Plates event
Also, foodie talks and a new beer tasting room.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Portland Planning Board OKs new marijuana zoning map
The proposal, which now goes before the City Council, would allow adult-use businesses in the same zones where the city permitted medical dispensaries and their grow operations in 2010.