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Plan for Portland-Auburn commuter train gets ‘game changer’ grant

PORTLAND, Maine — A long envisioned passenger rail service connecting Portland with Auburn took another important step forward Thursday as a national Realtors group announced it has awarded a grant to study, in part, new ways to fund the 29-mile public transit line. The promise of a ...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 10:36 am
Maine entrepreneurs take a lesson from Google

PORTLAND — C.H. Becksvoort, a maker of fine furniture in New Gloucester, is on the Web, but not enough potential customers are finding their way to the site. So Peg Becksvoort spent Friday morning with some experts in se...

Matt Wickenheiser, Bangor Daily News • News •
Friday, July 27, 2012 at 3:24 pm

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p-winterushadv City's outdoor winter festival kicks off Friday

PORTLAND — If the city is going to be filled with mounds of snow, people might as well play in it, right?

Kate Bucklin • News •
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 11:17 am
p-BRFbailey Bailey brothers merge PR firms

PORTLAND — Savvy Inc., a local public relations and communications firm, has merged with DBMediaStrategists, a Boston-based public relations firm that serves corporations, nonprofits and medical industry clients.

Randy Billings • News Briefs •
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 10:55 am
p-portpox Arrests

1/31 at 12:42 a.m. \ Edward Burrage, 19, of Windham, was arrested by Officer Josiah Keefer on charges of operating after suspension and operating under the influence.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 10:30 am
p-citystimulus Portland has $96M stimulus wish list

PORTLAND — The City Council was briefed Monday on local "shovel-ready" projects that could be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Kate Bucklin • News •
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 9:43 am
pns-BRFfoodpantry Credit union launches 18th annual food drive

Town & Country Credit Union branches throughout greater Portland will be conducting a food drive from Feb. 9-14 for several local food pantries.

Randy Billings • News Briefs •
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 9:07 am
Speaking against hate

Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld of Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue on Noyes Street holds a piece of the synagogue's sign on Sunday while addressing a community gathering after someone painted a swastika on the sign last week. The demonstration of solidarity against hate drew several hundred people, as well support f...

Mo Mehlsak • News •
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 9:06 am
p-martinspoint Heath center expansion could lead to Veranda St. traffic light

PORTLAND — A neighborhood meeting is scheduled Thursday, Feb. 12, for East Deering residents to discuss Martin's Point Health Care's proposed expansion on Veranda Street.

Randy Billings • News •
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 5:30 am
p-phsinauguration-012809 'I was there' PHS students savor sights, sounds of inauguration

PORTLAND – Two Portland High School students are still soaring from experiencing first-hand Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States.

Randy Billings • News •
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 3:28 pm

Portland

Plan for Portland-Auburn commuter train gets ‘game changer’ grant

Maine entrepreneurs take a lesson from Google

p-winterushadv City's outdoor winter festival kicks off Friday

p-BRFbailey Bailey brothers merge PR firms

p-portpox Arrests

p-citystimulus Portland has $96M stimulus wish list

pns-BRFfoodpantry Credit union launches 18th annual food drive

Speaking against hate

p-martinspoint Heath center expansion could lead to Veranda St. traffic light

p-phsinauguration-012809 'I was there' PHS students savor sights, sounds of inauguration

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