City Manager Jon Jennings says the city is working with the state to secure more hotel rooms, including at a hotel near the jetport, to ensure that anyone seeking shelter has a place to stay this winter.
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Live virtual blessing for families set for Dec. 13
Bishop Robert Deeley will host the special prayer and blessing gathering.
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Eleven Portland firefighters exposed to COVID-19
Fire Chief Keith Gautreau says city officials determined that none of the 11 firefighters working at the Bramhall Station on Nov. 30 was following the city mandate that face masks be worn inside firehouses.
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COVID, staffing cited as strains on Postal Service in Maine
A USPS spokesman blames the pandemic in part for mail disruptions, while a union representative points to chronic staffing shortages.
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Dine In Maine: Ready, set, read!
Looking for five Maine books for your culinary reading list? Try our restaurant critic’s “favorite contenders.”
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Additional Spanish Masses now offered in Maine
Spanish Masses available in Brewer, Waterville, Portland, Lewiston and Sanford.
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Portland to form rental board, enforce rent limits as it carries out citizen initiatives
City officials release part of their plan to implement five ballot measures that were approved by voters Nov. 3 and take effect Sunday.
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Collection to benefit Retirement Fund for Religious set
Parishioners and community members in the Diocese of Portland will have the opportunity to give to those who have given a lifetime the weekend of Dec. 12 and 13. A special collection will be held during all Masses in Maine churches for the Retirement Fund for Religious. The fund benefits more than 30,000 elderly Catholic […]
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Portland workers intervene in lawsuit against new hazard pay ordinance
Two employees of Whole Foods ask a judge to enforce the voter-approved measure that raises the minimum wage for some workers during emergencies like the pandemic.
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Marijuana delivery driver beaten, robbed at gunpoint in Portland
It was the third such robbery since October, Portland police say.