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Portland, Maine is located in Cumberland County. Zip codes in Portland, ME include 04109, 04122, and 04124. The median home price in Portland is $249,900. More Portland information.

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7 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News

Veterans from five wars to join panel at Portland screening of 'Welcome to Lee, Maine'

When a stranger thanks Sgt. Nathaniel Grace of the Maine Army National Guard for his service, he makes it a point to return the gratitude.

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8 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Atlantica Group LLC to Launch "The Other America" Speaking Tour

Atlantica Group LLC, an international business development firm based in Portland, Maine, is organizing a speaking tour focusing on opportunities for foreign investment in less well-known, less traveled markets in the United States.

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17 hrs ago | SeacoastOnline

Shea-Porter introduces pipeline amendment

New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter has introduced an amendment that would protect pipeline activity between Portland, Maine and Montreal, Canada.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Examiner.com

The Paley Collection of Modernist Art: Sole New England showing

Seldom does a traveling collection have the breadth and quality of this collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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WMTW-TV Auburn

Winslow Homer studio to open June 23

The Portland Museum of Art has announced the dates for its summer tours of the Winslow Homer studio in Scarborough.

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CNYRadio.com

YNN seeking Executive Producer

Time Warner Cable's 24/7 local news channel, YNN, is looking for a new Executive Producer.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Kennebec Journal

Portland Catholic church closing its doors

At the end of the final song at Sunday afternoon's special Mass as St. Patrick Church, parishioners standing in the pews and in the aisles broke into a sudden, long round of applause.

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In These Times

Not Your Grandma's Wooden Nickel

Not only can businesses pay their city taxes in Bristol Pounds, but the mayor has opted to take his full salary in the local currency.

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WMTW-TV Auburn

Portland named one of the best beer cities in America

If you are looking for some of the best beer in the United States, you don't have to go too far.

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WMTW-TV Auburn

Portland Jetport tests emergency response

Emergency response crews from more than half a dozen departments participated in a full scale training exercise at the Portland Jetport.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Portland resident escapes war-torn Somalia, earns criminal justice degree from UMPI

At college commencement ceremonies across the country, it is not unusual to hear stories about students who have overcome tremendous obstacles in order to receive their degrees.

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Foster's Daily Democrat

Man sentenced for robberies including one at York bank

U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen in Portland, Maine, imposed the 188-month sentence Friday on 45-year-old Bernie Subocz of Manchester, N.H. He was accused of a pair of bank robberies in Wells and York in Maine in November 2011.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Boston.com

Indie spirit to spare in Portland's East Bayside enclave

Pulling into Portland's East Bayside neighborhood, you first notice the earthy aroma of roasted arabica beans mingling with hearty hops.

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Thu May 16, 2013

MLive.com

New Detroit Chief James Craig visits Police Commission, doesn't expect 'much of a honeymoon'

Detroit's new Police Chief James Craig was introduced to the media during a press conference with Mayor Bing and Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr Wednesday, May 15.

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Kennebec Journal

Winthrop library addition fundraising tops third of its goal

Fundraising for the library's expansion has reached about $470,000, more than one-third of the project's cost.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Committee shoots down bill that would allow school staff to be armed

In another emotionally charged vote, the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted down a bill Wednesday that would have allowed some public school workers to carry concealed handguns.

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Red Bluff Daily News

Culinary SOS: Oatmeal raisin cookies from Maine

Dear SOS: On a trip up the coast of Maine, we found a wonderful bakery in Portland called Standard Baking Co.

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Detroit News

Next Detroit Police Chief Craig: 'When home calls, you answer'

Mayor Dave Bing and Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr officially introduced James Craig as Detroit's new police chief Wednesday during a news conference.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Portland fourth-graders raise and release young Atlantic Salmon

Megan Markgren, a Longfellow Elementary School fourth grade teacher, and her students release endangered Atlantic Salmon that they raised in their classroom into a stream near Highland Lake in Westbrook.

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Bangor Daily News

'Fatigue failure' in 65-year-old engine part caused...

Fatigue failure of an engine part that was more than 65 years old caused a Durham doctor to fatally ditch his antique plane in the ocean near Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth last summer.

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