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The Thornton Affair, also known as the Thornton Skirmish, Thornton's Defeat, or Rancho Carricitos, [2] was a battle in 1846 between the military forces of the United States and Mexico 20 miles (32 km) west upriver from Zachary Taylor's camp along the Rio Grande.
"WMTW All News Channel" was originally on analog cable channel 9, but on May 5, 2009, it became available exclusively on the provider's digital tier. On April 16, 2014, it was announced that WMTW would be moving its news operation from the Time and Temperature Building in Portland to a broadcast-ready facility in Westbrook.
1944 - A-26 Invader crash near Portland airport was Maine's worst aircraft accident. [54] 1946 - Baxter Woods municipal forest established. [55] 1947 - Maine Turnpike connected Portland to what would become the Interstate Highway System. [56] 1950 - Population: 77,634. [8] 1953 - WCSH begins broadcasting. 1954 - WMTW begins broadcasting.
On April 29, 8 employees working at a local Tyson Foods meat packaging plant in Portland, Maine tested positive for COVID-19 prompting talks about halting the plant's production. [110] On the same day, 20 cases were confirmed at the Penobscot Hope House Health and Living Center in Bangor, Maine which houses a homeless shelter.
The Harbor Defenses of Portland was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. [1] It coordinated the coast defenses of Portland, Maine, the mouth of the Kennebec River, and surrounding areas from 1895 to 1950, beginning with the Endicott program. These included both coast artillery forts and underwater minefields.
For more than four decades, the people of Portland, Maine, awoke on Valentine's Day to find large and small red hearts festooning storefronts, statues, parking garages and some of the city’s ...
Billy Bob Thornton didn’t have to look far for inspiration to play his character in Taylor Sheridan’s new high-stakes drama Landman.. During a screening of the Paramount+ series in Nashville ...
The Portland Company Marine Complex is an 9 acres (3.6 ha) industrial site in Portland, Maine's East End neighborhood. The Portland Company was established in 1846 and built railroad equipment for the adjacent Portland terminus of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad connection between Portland and Montreal. It ceased production in 1978.