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increase font size Portland to host fireworks, but with less fanfare, on Fourth of July The city will hold the display near the Eastern Promenade but without the related activities held in past years, including vendors and music from the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Share Crowds watch fireworks from the Eastern Prom in 2019. Fireworks are back this year but officials hope crowds spread out. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer People searching for a dramatic example of how life in Maine is returning to normal this year can look, and listen, to Portland’s Eastern Promenade on the Fourth of July...

In photos: Scenes of April give way to flowers of May Our photographers capture the dreary and the glorious of April before it finally yields to the sunshine of true spring. Posted Photo by Ben McCanna In mid-April, Sophia Courtney-Jones is a spot of bright energy as she runs beside the pond at Portland’s Deering Oaks in a light rain. Photo by Gregory Rec Of course, in Maine, there are snow showers in April. Two geese blend into snow falling on a field in Springvale on April 16. A pedestrian shields herself from heavy rain on Congress Street in Portland at the end of March.

How to spend that extra hour of sunlight in southern Maine Now that we've got another hour of daylight, here are some fun ways to spend it, including Maine sunset spots, strolls and walks, and places for outdoor sustenance. By Staff report Share Bug Light Park in South Portland would be a nice place for an after-dinner stroll or to watch a sunset. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer When we switch to daylight savings time in the spring, it always feels like a bonus. We get a whole extra hour of sunlight to play with each day, after a long dark winter.

Committee: More information needed to see if South Portland tank farms causing air quality problems The Clean Air Advisory Committee has recommended further study to determine if the city needs to enact tougher restrictions on the tanks. FILE SOUTH PORTLAND — There are elevated levels of toxic chemicals in the air in parts of South Portland, but officials need to collect more data to be sure it’s being caused by above-ground petroleum storage tanks in the city. That’s the key finding of the city’s Clean Air Advisory Committee, presented along with the committee’s recommendations at...

Hundreds of ships were built in South Portland by thousands and thousands of Mainers for the WWII effort.