May 3, 2021
Six people were arrested during a riot that followed a peaceful day of May Day demonstrations on Saturday in Portland.
One group demonstrated at Portland City Hall breaking windows and spray painting graffiti. A second group demonstrated outside of the ICE building in South Portland.
Police say one man pulled a knife on officers. 26-year-old Michael Issacs, of Portland, was charged with Menacing and Disorderly Conduct.
PPB made focused arrests of individuals engaged in criminal acts including:
Phoebe Loomis, 36 years-old, of Portland, was charged with Criminal Mischief II. A helmet, gloves, metal tool, bear spray, and gas mask were seized.
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Last July, Oak Park-based actor Kevin Theis was en route to Jewel when Frederick Douglass came on the radio. Not, obviously, the actual 19th-century abolitionist who escaped slavery and became an internationally known orator. Theis was hearing Douglass’ descendants on National Public Radio, marking Independence Day by reading passages from Douglass’ 1852 speech “What, to the Slave, is the 4
Theis had read the speech before, but in the middle of a summer of global social unrest, it hit harder. When he got home, he set to finding another audio version of it, assuming there would be “dozens.” He couldn’t find a single one.
Vocus scores five-year network rollout deal with Heritage Bank
Sees partner Equate Technologies brought on to provide professional and managed services during the project
L-R: Andrew Wildblood (Vocus), Darren Stephens (Heritage Bank) Credit: Vocus
Vocus Group has struck a five-year multi-million dollar deal with Heritage Bank for a fibre network connection rollout across all its sites.
The deal, which was won under a competitive procurement process, also sees the telco provide secure network, internet, enterprise voice and Zoom collaboration services.
Additionally, the connections will be secured, monitored and controlled through a managed SD-WAN solution that has been developed through Vocus’ partnership with Fortinet.