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Portland’s Deering Oaks Park will be closed briefly while the city works to remove browntail moth nests from trees.
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department will be spraying the trees with an organic insecticide during the first part of next week. The park will be closed to guests during the treatment, which will begin before 8 a.m., and it will remain closed for four hours afterwards.
The state has been battling the invasive moths, which can cause respiratory issues when they’re caterpillars. They also pose a threat to the trees they build their nests in.
Coastal Bend events canceled
and last updated 2021-05-02 16:03:41-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â Throughout the Coastal Bend, several events kicking off the start of May have been canceled due to the severe weather we are experiencing.
Today s scheduled Safe Fun-Fit at the Bayfront has been canceled. Due to the rain and wind, the event will not be taking place. It will resume next Saturday, May 8, with a free 5K and 10K, fitness classes and disc golf exhibition.
The Portland Farmer s Market, as well as the city s Play it Safe events scheduled for today have also been canceled. The city says it will miss people visiting the area, but safety is the top priority.
Just two blocks off Monument Square in Portland, Maine, downhill from the public library, sits a squat, gray flatiron building. Inside is a soup kitchen that has provided three meals a day, every day, to hungry Mainers in its oft-crowded dining room for more than 39 years. The staff is welcoming, the location is central, and it’s nearly impossible to get kicked out. The buffet-style spreads include loaded chef salads and heaps of bread, vegetarian options, and hearty casseroles built to nullify the New England cold. Most important, there’s always dessert.
Since 1980, Preble Street has been the linchpin of the city’s response to homelessness and food insecurity and a life-sustaining resource for thousands. Joe Conroy is the senior director of food programs and operations at the agency that operates the eponymous soup kitchen. Leveraging a complex food-rescue and -donation system, his team churns out some 24,000 meals a month served in a cafeteria-style dining room. On any gi