How (and why) he reclaims hotel soap with a scrub brush, an autoclave and a food processor.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, News
Maine Arts Awards winners include music conductor, theater director, dedicated couple
The inaugural prizes are given out during the Maine International Conference on the Arts in Portland.
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Director of Portland shelter is leaving, saying the high-stress job has worn him down
Rob Parritt says the work has become all-consuming and he will give it up after overseeing the city’s increasingly overwhelmed Oxford Street Shelter for the better part of a decade.
Posted inLocal & State
Calls to crisis service helplines spike during Kavanaugh hearing
The organization that operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline reports that its call volume was 147 percent above normal Thursday when Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Posted inCommunity
Maine Children’s Trust to honor local, state child abuse prevention champions Oct. 3
Community volunteer Kelly Wheeler, of Skowhegan, one of four honorees.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Proposal would further restrict short-term rentals in Portland
The housing committee is considering new rules that would increase registration fees, restrict the number of rentals in individual neighborhoods, and reinforce a 300-unit cap on rentals that are not owner-occupied.
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Portland approves new downtown headquarters for Vets First Choice
The 170,000-square-foot facility would feature space for more than 1,500 employees including offices, a pharmacy, a fulfillment center and software and data science labs.
Posted inFood & Dining
Looks like the Portland Winter Farmers’ Market can come in from the cold
Negotiations are underway for the market to once more be at the former Maine Girls’ Academy.
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Portland’s Amistad center for mentally ill to be displaced by building sale
Amistad is being given time to find a new home by a developer who says he plans to ‘slow-play’ his condo project on State Street.
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Eastern Maine Healthcare to become Northern Light Health
The health care system says its new name will reflect its current reach, which extends beyond eastern Maine.