On Middle Street, a culinary hub embodies an industry under siege
A microcosm of the Portland food scene, the block of restaurants made bold decisions and banded together to stay in business.
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Middle Street, between Franklin Street and India Street, is a culinary hotspot in a city with a national reputation for food and drink. The owners of many of the restaurants there have collaborated to help one another weather the pandemic. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
This is the second of five parts in our series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Portland’s restaurants.
Andrew Taylor remembers the realities of the pandemic slowly dawning on him in February 2020 as he watched the news from around the country.
Historic properties are located in Nantucket
Real estate firm Blue Flag Partners has announced the acquisition of six additional properties in Nantucket, Massachusetts. With three existing hotel properties on Nantucket and the purchase of the historic Kelley House Hotel on Martha’s Vineyard in October 2020, these acquisitions further expand Blue Flag’s partnership with the Life House hotel group.
The portfolio, which comprises six properties spread across three transactions, includes the Summer House at 27 Fair Street, Summer House at 29 Fair Street, Pineapple Inn on Hussey Street, India Street Inn on India Street, Hawthorn House on Chestnut Street, and a property on Federal Street that previously operated as a seasonal vacation rental.
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Two men charged in connection with unsolved 2012 Portland homicide
Matthew Blanchard was walking with three relatives near Congress St. and India St. when several gunshots were fired at them. Blanchard died from a gunshot wound. Author: Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 12:33 PM EDT April 22, 2021 Updated: 1:19 PM EDT April 22, 2021
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Editor s Note: The video above aired Feb. 6, 2018.
The Portland Police Department said Thursday two people have been indicted and are in custody related to a violent triple-shooting incident on July 11, 2012, which resulted in the murder of Matthew Blanchard.
Blanchard was walking with three relatives near Congress Street and India Street when several gunshots were fired at them. Blanchard died from a gunshot wound during that shooting.
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