– South Portland city mask mandate has expired
Although the mask mandate has expired, Maine CDC still recommends face coverings to be worn in public indoor settings.
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Although the mask mandate has expired, Maine CDC still recommends face coverings to be worn in public indoor settings.
City officials will go ahead with the closed meeting despite being warned that it will violate Maine's Freedom of Access Act.
City Manager Scott Morelli also rescinded the mask mandate in municipal buildings but encourages continued masking indoors regardless of vaccination status.
Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali American mayor in the country, and the first woman of color to serve in that role in South Portland
As a columnist and a public speaker, it is not easy to live a normal life. Anything I write to defend my community or speak the truth irritates some people. A column I wrote in January to celebrate the first-ever Muslim and Somali immigrant elected to lead as the mayor of a city in Maine […]