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PublishedJuly 10, 2022
Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates
The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2022
Portland policy aims to improve response to homeless camps on public property
Under the policy, staff will not require the removal of campsites on city property when emergency shelters are full, and a plan will be in place for personal belongings to be recovered when camps are removed.
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PublishedJune 21, 2022
Portland voters may be asked to again consider increasing the minimum wage
A group of residents is working to get a referendum question on the November ballot, and a City Council committee is also discussing the issue.
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PublishedJune 21, 2022
Portland school board approves funds for middle school protest response
The Portland Public School Board of Education voted unanimously to use $13,000 of contingency funds to pay for the administrative and equity support staff hired to replace those who left after two middle school protests.
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PublishedJune 19, 2022
Bomb threat forces Maine Medical Center to temporarily cancel visits to patients
But the Portland hospital reopened to visitations Sunday evening after Portland police and Maine State Police gave the all-clear.
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PublishedJune 16, 2022
Portland looking for alternatives after site targeted for temporary shelter falls through
A city spokesperson said Thursday the location the city and state had been working on fell through due to the requirements of the city's Green New Deal ordinance.
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PublishedJune 14, 2022
Portland Planning Board questions Roux campus developers at proposal’s first public airing
A proposal to give the former B&M Baked Beans factory a special institutional designation came under scrutiny because the campus would include substantial commercial development in support of the high-tech graduate school.
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PublishedJune 13, 2022
Maine Med videographer wins regional Emmy award for COVID film
Charlie Berg's brief film recognizes the efforts of ICU nurses struggling to care for unvaccinated COVID-19 patients during a virus surge last summer.
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PublishedJune 12, 2022
Portland’s walking food tours hope to outpace the pandemic
After two dicey years marred by COVID concerns, Maine Day Ventures looks to expand its tour offerings this month.
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PublishedJune 10, 2022
Portland Charter Commission considering changes to city leadership proposal
The commission is looking at amendments intended to give the City Council more of a check on an executive mayor's power.
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