City councilors discuss spending as much as $100,000 and organizing a regional effort to help deal with the surge in asylum seekers coming to Portland from the southern border.
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Firefighters rescue St. Bernard stranded on roof of South Portland building
The crew of South Portland Fire Department’s Ladder 45 got the 155-pound dog, named Bear, into a bucket on the truck and down safely.
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Jordan’s Furniture to take former Filene’s space at Maine Mall
This will be the Massachusetts’-based company’s seventh store in New England.
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Dressbarn to close stores, including 5 in Maine
The parent company continues to operate Ann Taylor, Loft, Lane Bryant and other stores.
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Bates College softball assistant is new owner of Maine Hits
Danica Gleason, 24, of South Portland is now running the indoor softball and baseball training center in Scarborough. Bates junior pitcher Kirsten Pelletier is serving as the softball pitching instructor.
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South Portland man stabbed at early morning house party
The 27-year-old was treated at Maine Medical Center for a non-life-threatening injury, police say.
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Is South Portland the ‘greenest’ city in Maine? It’s a leader, for sure
From building the state’s largest municipal solar array to taking on an international oil company, Maine’s fourth-largest city just might be its most environmentally active.
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South Portland-Montreal pipeline pitched as alternative route for CMP line
Rep. Chris Kessler, D-South Portland, offers an emergency bill suggesting the Portland Pipe Line corridor replace the controversial route now proposed.
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Businesses prepare to fight South Portland’s proposed flavored tobacco ban
Attorneys for retailers who sell tobacco products say they’ll challenge South Portland’s plan to be the first Maine community to ban the flavored ones.
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South Portland raises a red flag over dog waste problem at Hinckley Park
As snow turns to mud, a park ranger runs out of flags – orange, not quite red – highlighting the volume of dog feces at one of the city’s most popular dog-walking spots.