Portland, Maine , is home to many neighborhoods .
76-739: Portland's Arts District is based around Congress Street in downtown Portland. The District includes the Portland Museum of Art , the Maine College of Art (MECA) and the State Theatre . It is a mixed-use neighborhood with both apartments and commercial establishments. Back Cove is a neighborhood off of Portland's peninsula and downtown areas. The neighborhood is mostly residential with some commercial business located within Woodford's Corner and along Ocean Avenue. With views of
152-624: A PBA Tour event and later (2005) the first to make a PBA Tour telecast. In conjunction with the USBC , the PBA would later inaugurate the PBA Women's Series in 2007. Following ESPN telecasts of the U.S. Women's Open , it brought back semi-regular women's bowling telecasts for the first time since the demise of the PWBA. The top two seeds out of a field of sixteen faced each other in one match, aired prior to
228-693: A cash prize ($ 100,000 for first place in 2024) and the Elias Cup trophy. It has been held at Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine since 2015, except for the 2020 season when it was contested with no audience in Centreville, Virginia due to the COVID-19 pandemic . An open draft was held to fill all teams for the inaugural 2013 event. Following that event, team managers have been allowed to protect up to three players from their current roster each season, with
304-493: A final broadcast on June 21, 1997. CBS and Fox Sports Net would carry PBA events until ESPN gained exclusive broadcast rights in 2001. Elias continued to be involved in the PBA until his death in 1998. The PBA was purchased in March 2000 by former Microsoft executives Chris Peters (chairman), Rob Glaser , and Mike Slade , and its corporate headquarters were moved to Seattle , Washington . Together with CEO Steve Miller ,
380-437: A former Nike executive, they are recognized for rescuing the PBA from the brink of extinction. In 2011, Geoff Reiss was appointed as the PBA's CEO and Tom Clark as PBA Commissioner. These two assumed the shared CEO/Commissioner post that was held by Fred Schreyer since he took over for Miller in 2005. The PBA was featured in the 2006 sports documentary , A League of Ordinary Gentlemen . The documentary, filmed during
456-507: A membership program for the sport's most enthusiastic fans, and PBA Jr., a club for elite youth bowlers under the age of 17." The PBA also oversees competition between professional bowlers via the following tours: Prior to the PBA's inception, bowling was broadcast on television sporadically beginning in the early 1950s. NBC began with an early 1950s special telecast entitled Championship Bowling . Later regular weekly bowling shows, including Jackpot Bowling began airing nationally. At
532-423: A mix of housing including public housing , privately-owned apartments, small single-family homes, and larger, more expensive single-family homes. Businesses are located on Washington Avenue and Veranda Street, where there are restaurants, an ice cream shop, and a juice bar. Much of the neighborhood has views of Casco Bay and nearby Mackworth Island . Major landmarks in this neighborhood include Tukey's Bridge ,
608-485: A more pedestrian-friendly environment. The area north of I-295 and south of St. John Street is claimed by both The Saint John Valley and Libbytown Neighborhood Associations. Stroudwater is located in the southwest corner of Portland, bordered by the Nasons Corner and Libbytown neighborhoods to the north and east, the city of Westbrook to the west, and the city of South Portland to the south. Maine's busiest airport,
684-664: A neighborhood in southern and western Portland, wedged between the Stroudwater, Rosemont, Oakdale, and Parkside neighborhoods, and separated from the city of South Portland by the Fore River . Maine's busiest public transit hub, the Portland Transportation Center , is in Libbytown. The area around outer Brighton Avenue is Nasons Corner. While part of the independent town of Deering in the 1890s,
760-511: A perfect game on national television (increased to a $ 200,000 sum during its own True Value Open ). Prior to this, the PBA would award a televised 300 game with $ 10,000 and, in some seasons, a new Ford or Mercury automobile. In addition, in the early 1990s the Miller Brewing Company offered $ 1 million to any bowler who could win all three of its sponsored tournaments in a given season. As television exposure increased for
836-448: A plateau of 35 tournaments per year in the 1980s. The 1965 Firestone Tournament of Champions was the first to offer $ 100,000 in prize money (including a then-record $ 25,000 first prize); the 1982 event featured a $ 200,000 purse, and the 1987 U.S. Open , sponsored by Seagram distillery, offered a $ 500,000 prize fund as well as the first $ 100,000 first-place prize in PBA history. By the 1980s, True Value pledged $ 100,000 to any roller of
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#1732801888316912-453: A presentation by Elias. After listening to his proposal, thirty-three of the men donated $ 50 each, totaling $ 1,650 to start the organization, which was incorporated in 1958, and headquartered in Akron. The investors then became charter members of the PBA, basically giving them lifetime membership. Bill Bunetta was slated to be the first commissioner of the PBA by Eddie Elias but Bill was still
988-635: A very active bowler and turned down the position to continue his bowling and teaching career . Competition began in 1959 with three tournaments. Italian-born Lou Campi of Dumont, New Jersey won the first event (the Empire State Open ), and Dick Weber won the other two ( Paramus Eastern Open and the Dayton Open ) The PBA Tour slowly built an audience, expanding to seven tournaments in 1960 , then 13 tournaments in 1961 , before exploding with 30 tour stops in 1962 . Weber would become
1064-598: Is also located here. It is home to the mouth of the Stroudwater River . Stroudwater was founded as a hamlet which, with power generated by the Stroudwater River and Fore Rivers, was an important producer of masts for the Royal Navy . In the 2000s, Stroudwater was considered a quiet suburb of downtown Portland, though it is still officially within the city boundaries. The West End neighborhood
1140-565: Is bordered by Franklin Street on the west, Washington Avenue on the east, to the north by Marginal Way, and the south by Congress Street. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Bayside, the Old Port and Munjoy Hill. It was first developed a street network in the early 19th century. By the 1820s, the area was Portland's second seaport via the Back Cove's ship channel. Much of the debris from
1216-584: Is filled with boutiques, restaurants and bars. Because of its reputation for nightlife, the Old Port is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Bayside, East Bayside, Munjoy Hill and the West End. Parkside neighborhood, located at the base of the Portland peninsula, is bordered by I-295 on the far side of Deering Oaks, Forest Avenue on the East, Congress Street on
1292-522: Is located in the neighborhood as well. Maine Medical Center, Maine's largest hospital and Portland's largest employer, is also located in the West End. Queen Anne's Hospital was established in the West End in 1918. Renamed Mercy Hospital , it is now the fourth-largest hospital in Maine. Congress Street (Portland, Maine) 43°39′25″N 70°15′36″W / 43.656872°N 70.259981°W / 43.656872; -70.259981 Congress Street
1368-771: Is located on the western side of Portland's peninsula. It includes a number of historical and well-preserved architecture. Noted for its architecture, the West End is home to a number of historical homes and the Western Promenade Historic District . In 2010, it was called "one of the best preserved Victorian neighborhoods in the country". The Western Promenade features prominently in the neighborhood. Other historical buildings include The Gothic House , Harrison B. Brown House , A.B. Butler House , Joseph Holt Ingraham House , Morrill Mansion , William Minott House and Waynflete School . The Western Cemetery , Portland's primary cemetery from 1829 to 1852,
1444-481: Is often confused with the East Bayside neighborhood, which is on the opposite side of Franklin Street. Portland High School , whose original building that is the school's middle wing was built in 1863, and Baxter Academy , a charter high school with a STEM curriculum, are both located in the neighborhood, as is Merrill Auditorium . The state's only Whole Foods and Trader Joe's supermarkets are located in
1520-707: Is one of the highest circulating libraries in Maine. Capisic Pond, an important recreational site, is located here. The Saint John Valley Neighborhood is located between the West End and Libbytown neighborhoods, bordered by the Parkside Neighborhood and the Fore River. The Saint John Valley Neighborhood Association was created in 2008 in an effort to define an area of the city that lacked funding and recognition. Since its inception, many improvements have been made and more are planned, such as traffic calming, beautification, and over-all streetscaping to create
1596-516: Is situated next to the Riverton and East Deering neighborhoods of the city, as well as the town of Falmouth. It is home to some of the oldest surviving houses in the city, because the neighborhood was spared all of the four fires that plagued much of the rest of the city in the past. In North Deering's early history, it had an agriculture- and lumber-based economy, but with the spread of the automobile, North Deering became more economically connected to
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#17328018883161672-549: Is the main street in Portland, Maine . Around 5.77 miles (9.29 km) long, it stretches from County Road, Portland's southwestern border with Westbrook , through a number of neighborhoods, before ending overlooking the Eastern Promenade on Munjoy Hill . In March 2009, the Portland City Council designated much of the inner portion of Congress Street a historic district . The western section of
1748-502: Is the city's easternmost neighborhood, which includes waterfront homes, residential neighborhoods, Payson Park and the future home of the Roux Institute . The area was annexed by Portland alongside other Deering neighborhoods. The first Europeans to settle in the area were farmers. Now a suburban and residential neighborhood, it is situated between Munjoy Hill and North Deering , as well as the town of Falmouth . East Deering has
1824-510: Is the downtown neighborhood located between Portland's Old Port and Back Cove. It is a mix of residential and commercial properties and old and modern architecture. The neighborhood is bounded by Forest Avenue, Interstate 295 (I-295), Congress Street, and Franklin Street. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Parkside, the Old Port, and East Bayside. It is represented by the Bayside Neighborhood Association. It
1900-586: Is the only island in Casco Bay that allows cars, due to its size. Riverton neighborhood is located in northwestern Portland. The Riverton Trolley Park , established in 1896, was located in the neighborhood. The park closed in 1929. At the time, it was a premier leisure destination. A trolley brought people from Monument Square to the area. A branch of the Portland Public Library is located there as well. Riverton Elementary School serves as
1976-633: The 2011–12 season , a total of 14 TV broadcasts were taped at the 2011 World Series of Bowling in Las Vegas to be aired on later dates. For the first time, the TV finals for the PBA World Championship did not air live. In fact, ESPN only aired the finals of the PBA's three remaining major tournaments ( USBC Masters , U.S. Open and Tournament of Champions) in a live 2012 broadcast. All other ESPN broadcasts for Winter 2012 were taped events from
2052-736: The B&;M Baked Beans factory , Martin's Point , Presumpscot School, Grand Trunk Cemetery , Payson Park, and Lunts Corner. In 2021, the Roux Institute purchased the B&;M factory in order to convert it into a campus with academic buildings, student housing, a hotel, and public waterfront access. East Deering was bisected by I-295 in the 1960s. The major throughways in East Deering are Washington Avenue and Veranda Street. Martin's Point Bridge connects East Deering to Falmouth. East Bayside
2128-708: The BREEZ , and Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit 's route 60 serve Congress Street. PBA League The Professional Bowlers Association ( PBA ) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States . Headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia , and currently owned by Bowlero Corporation since 2019, the PBA's membership consists of over 3,000 members worldwide. Members include "pro shop" owners and workers, teaching professionals and bowlers who compete in
2204-742: The PBA League Elias Cup team competition. The PBA League said Bayside Bowl has rejuvenated its event. The Bayside Trail begins on Elm Street in the Bayside neighborhood. The trail goes across the Franklin Street divided throughway, through East Bayside, and connects to the East End Trail and the Back Cove Trail. The Stone Street Playground is located in the neighborhood and is popular in the summertime because of
2280-655: The PBA World Championship ) into a single World Series of Bowling event, held that year in Allen Park, Michigan near Detroit . All fall TV finals except the PBA World Championship were taped and aired at a later date on ESPN , while all but one of the winter tour events continued to hold live TV finals. In 2010 , the World Series of Bowling was moved to Las Vegas , Nevada , and consisted of five tournaments with taped TV finals and qualifying for
2356-578: The Portland International Jetport , originally known as Stroudwater Field, is located here. Stroudwater is home to a number of historic structures, including the oldest standing publicly accessible building in Portland, the Tate House and Museum, which was built in 1755. The James Forder house, built in Stroudwater in 1730 at 1235 Westbrook Street, is recognized as the oldest house in Portland. The Stroudwater Historic District
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2432-469: The 2002–2003 season, enjoyed a limited release in theaters before being released in a DVD format in March 2006. The PBA was also featured and acknowledged in the 2007 film 7-10 Split . In 2003, the PWBA (Professional Women's Bowling Association) folded, and the PBA began allowing female members in 2004. Missy Bellinder (Parkin) became the first female PBA member, while Liz Johnson became the first to cash in
2508-460: The 2024 season, the league was renamed PBA Elite League and ran season-long qualifying events to determine seeding for the final rounds in September. The teams bowled round-robin matches concurrently with the PBA's first 14 tour stops, each team facing the other teams twice. The lowest two teams in win-loss record were eliminated, with six teams advancing to the final rounds. The PBA Hall of Fame
2584-603: The Bayside neighborhood, on Somerset Street and Marginal Way, respectively. Notable buildings in the Bayside neighborhood include the Schlotterbeck and Foss Building , an historic Art Deco factory building built in 1927 and that is now apartments, and Franklin Towers , a high-rise apartment building constructed in 1969. Greater Portland Landmarks has documented that Bayside has some of the earliest homes in Portland, including Federal and Greek Revival homes, because most of
2660-609: The Boulevard Park subdivision of 110 homes in 1912, while Baxter Boulevard was being constructed. The neighborhood includes many historic homes. The John B. Russwurm House and the Sparrow House are located within the Back Cove neighborhood. The Back Cove Trail is one of the oldest trails in Portland. It is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) long and circles Bay Cove and connects to Payson Park , the Bayside Trail, and
2736-636: The East Bayside Neighborhood Organization. The East End is a neighborhood on the far eastern end of Portland's peninsula. It is closely linked with Munjoy Hill and the Eastern Promenade. The East End Community School, located on North Street, serves the area. The East End Beach is also located there. Notable buildings include the Portland Observatory at the top of Munjoy Hill. Libbytown is
2812-496: The East Deering and Munjoy Hill neighborhoods). Prospective North Deering High School students can also choose between attending Portland High School , Deering High School , or Casco Bay High School , all three of which serve the entire city. Oakdale is a primarily residential university neighborhood. It consists mostly of owner-occupied homes, a few businesses, and the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine . All
2888-585: The East End Trail. Payson Park is a 48 acres (19 ha) park located within the neighborhood, with baseball and softball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, a playground, an ice skating rink, a sledding hill, ski and snowboarding park, a playground, a community garden, and the Longfellow Arboretum. The small Barrows Park, Heseltine Park, and the George Street Cemetery are located within the Back Cove neighborhood. Bayside
2964-577: The Hall of Fame was originally determined by annual elections. From 2000 to 2008, those in the Performance category had to have ten PBA titles (or two major championships) on their resume, as well as be retired from the tour for five years. Another revision took effect in 2008. Bowlers can now qualify for the Hall of Fame based on five PBA titles on their resume, as long as two of those titles were major championships. Other active bowlers can now qualify for
3040-791: The Nathan Clifford School for $ 1 to the Developers Collaborative. It was supposed to primarily include "high-density affordable housing", but instead the developers "remodeled the building to create 22 market-rate apartments." On January 27, 2014, the former schoolhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The Old Port (sometimes known as the Old Port Exchange) is a neighborhood known for its cobblestone streets, 19th-century brick buildings and fishing piers. The district
3116-574: The PBA League, consisting of eight teams of five professional bowlers each, held its first event. On the eve of the PBA Tour's 60th season (2018), the PBA provided some statistics on the history of the Tour and its bowlers: On September 10, 2019, Bowlero Corporation , the world's largest operator of bowling centers, announced it had purchased the PBA. Bowlero's Chief Customer Officer, Colie Edison,
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3192-741: The PBA National Invitational, from Paramus, New Jersey . This would prompt ABC Sports into having a separate series, called the Professional Bowlers Tour , which ABC aired from 1962 to 1997. The program became a staple of Saturday afternoon television, as a lead-in to Wide World of Sports . Coupled with the continued support of its charter members, as well as sponsorships by the Ford Motor Company , Coca-Cola (which sponsored 11 tournaments in 1963 alone), True Value Hardware and Firestone Tire ,
3268-516: The PBA Tour Finals, as it has since the event's inception in 2017. The top winner on the PBA Tour is Walter Ray Williams, Jr. with 47 career titles. A list of the top PBA Tour titlists can be found in the separate PBA Tour story. The PBA League, which debuted in 2013, is an annual non-title tournament featuring eight teams of six touring PBA players (increased to ten teams in 2020, then reduced back to eight teams in 2024). Teams vie for
3344-421: The PBA World Championship. The overall schedule that season was reduced to just 12 title events, with portions of three winter season events being taped and aired after the fact. Kelly Kulick won the 2010 Tournament of Champions , where she was the first-ever female competitor in the field. This also made her the first woman to win any Professional Bowlers Association Tour event that was also open to men. For
3420-420: The PBA experienced growth in its tournament schedules and prize funds. Annual incomes for professional bowlers became, at the time, very competitive with other professional sports. A Sports Illustrated article from 1963 noted that top bowler Harry Smith stood to make as much money in 1963 as Major League Baseball 's NL MVP Sandy Koufax and NFL Football MVP Y. A. Tittle combined . Schedules reached
3496-563: The PBA, it spun off a PBA Senior Tour in 1981, with Bill Beach winning the first seniors' championship that year. Having been renamed the PBA50 Tour in 2013, the senior bowling tour continues to the present day. From 1984 to 1991, NBC Sports aired the PBA fall tour events. In 1986, a group of professional bowlers who were dissatisfied with PBA management formed the Touring Pro Bowlers (TPB) group. After meeting resistance,
3572-416: The Portland fire of 1866 was deposited into Back Cove, significantly increasing the size of East Bayside. Maps produced around 1900 show an extension of the shoreline out to Marginal Way. The shoreline did not change again until the construction of the interstate in 1974. East Bayside is often confused with Bayside, which is the neighborhood on the opposite side of Franklin Street. East Bayside is represented by
3648-569: The Portland skyline across Back Cove , the Back Cove neighborhood borders the neighborhoods of Deering Center , North Deering , East Deering , Rosemont , and Oakdale . Neighborhood boundaries are: Washington Avenue (north), Baxter Boulevard (east), Forest Avenue (south), and Canco Road (west). Within the boundaries of the Back Cove neighborhood are Woodford's Corner, Ocean Avenue, Cheverus High School (a private Jesuit school), and Ocean Avenue School (a Portland Public Schools elementary school). Landscape architect Carl Rust Parker designed
3724-467: The TPB took on the PBA in an antitrust suit. Though settled out of court, the lawsuit did serious financial damage to the PBA. By the late 1990s, television audiences for the PBA Tour had waned in the wake of cable television's explosion and the variety of sports viewing choices now offered, particularly college football on Saturday afternoons. The Professional Bowlers Tour ended its 36-year run on ABC with
3800-431: The World Series, while four additional non-major title tournaments were available live via the PBA's "Xtra Frame" webcast service. Along with reduced stops, prize funds for some standard tournaments were reduced, starting in 2010, with as little as $ 15,000 going to the winner. The 2011 Tournament of Champions, however, did offer a PBA-record $ 1 million prize fund and an unprecedented $ 250,000 top prize. In January 2013,
3876-644: The area was primarily agricultural, with acres of strawberries and fields of hay. Capisic Brook runs through part of the neighborhood, and its banks were home to the Lucas and Hamblet family-run brickyards, which were sold throughout New England . In 1898, Nasons Corner and the rest of Deering was annexed by the City of Portland. The earliest housing developments in the neighborhood were built beginning around that time and were called Brighton Avenue Terrace and Portland Garden (now Holm Street and Taft Street). The Glenwood project
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#17328018883163952-407: The fall of 2014. During World War II , many rural Mainers moved to Portland due to labor shortages in the booming defense industry based around Portland harbor. In 1943, Sagamore Village was built to ease the housing shortage. It was owned and operated by the federal government until 1953. It was a multiracial and multiethnic community, which was unique for many of the residents. Following the end of
4028-399: The first "face" of the PBA in the early years, as he won 10 of the first 23 events held, including seven in 1961 alone. While PBA bowlers regularly appeared on Jackpot Bowling , Elias led an effort to give the PBA a permanent home on television. It first did so with the interstitial Make That Spare on ABC Sports , which ran from 1960 to 1964. In 1961, ABC's Wide World of Sports aired
4104-456: The men's championship match. The Women's Series expanded from four events in 2007 to eight events in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons, before being canceled. In 2009 , financial difficulties and the general state of the U.S. economy caused the tour to reduce the number of tour stops and overall events, while also reducing the number of live TV finals broadcasts. The PBA combined its fall schedule of six standard PBA tournaments (plus qualifying for
4180-495: The neighborhood are primarily triple-decker buildings and soon after its founding became home to much of Portland's Italian and Irish immigrant populations. The neighborhood was previously known for rampant drug use and prostitution. Peaks Island is the most populous island in Casco Bay, and is part of the city of Portland. It is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from downtown. The island is served by Casco Bay Lines and has its own elementary school, library, and police station. It
4256-827: The neighborhood is within walking distance of the university. The neighborhood is bounded by Ashmont Street, Devonshire Street, St. John Street, I-295, and Baxter Boulevard. Oakdale's residents are part of the Woodfords-Oakdale Neighborhood Association. The neighborhood includes the Southworth Planetarium, the Sullivan Athletic Complex, and the Glickman Library . Parks in the neighborhood include Baxter Boulevard, Longfellow Park, Noyes Park, and Fessenden Park. The Deering Avenue bridge connects
4332-564: The neighborhood school. The University of New England (UNE) merged with Westbrook College in 1996, with Westbrook College's campus in Riverton becoming UNE's Portland Campus. It is home of the Westbrook College Historic District . Rosemont is a neighborhood located close to Deering Center and other off-peninsula neighborhoods. Longfellow Elementary School, Lincoln Middle School and Deering High School are located here. The local branch library, Burbank Library,
4408-497: The neighborhood to the neighboring Deering Oaks and the city's athletic complex of Fitzpatrick Stadium , Hadlock Field , Portland Expo , and Troubh Ice Arena. Commercial businesses are mainly located along Forest Avenue. The historic Nathan Clifford School , built in 1907, was the neighborhood school until it was closed in 2011 and replaced by the Ocean Avenue Elementary School. In 2013, the city sold
4484-445: The neighborhood was not burned in the Great Fire of 1866 . The City of Portland's former Public Works operation center in Bayside has been redeveloped to be a commercial center comprising restaurants, breweries, distilleries, exercise studios, a bowling alley, and many new apartment buildings. The Bayside Bowl bowling alley is located in the Bayside neighborhood next to the former Public Works operation and since 2014 it has been hosting
4560-412: The remaining spots being filled via the draft. Teams compete in Baker-style matches, with five players per side. The player bowling in frame one also bowls frame six, the player bowling the second frame also bowls the seventh frame, and so on. Each team currently has a sixth player that they can substitute for one player at any time during a match, or swap out for a player at the start of a new match. In
4636-492: The rest of the city. Today, it has become a suburban neighborhood with some retail activity. It is home to WGME , Portland's local CBS affiliate. The Presumpscot River Preserve , a 48-acre (19 ha) nature preserve, is located in North Deering. It was purchased and preserved in 2001 by the Land for Maine Future program as well as the City Land Bank Commission and Portland Trails. It is served by Harrison Lyseth Elementary School and Lyman Moore Middle School (which also serves
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#17328018883164712-480: The same area, south of Brighton Avenue. The map on Barry & Anderson's Deering: A Social and Architectural History , p. 15, is ambiguous as to the neighborhood's precise borders. Deering Highlands was developed in the late 19th century, and maintains much of its original historical character, including numerous examples of architecture by John Calvin Stevens , Frederick A Tompson , and other regional architects. Among Highlands' most notable historical residents
4788-557: The same time, there was a desire to start a professional bowling division in the United States ; an effort led by Eddie Elias , a sports agent based in Akron, Ohio . During the 1958 ABC ( American Bowling Congress ) tournament in Syracuse , New York , sixty men, including Don Carter , Patrick Gentempo (VP A.M.F.), Frank Esposito , Buzz Fazio , Matt Lebhar , Carmen Salvino , Billy Welu , Glenn Allison , Steve Nagy , Harry Smith , Ray Bluth , Dick Hoover , Bill Bunetta, Robert "Bobby" Bellew, Vito Quercia, and Junie McMahon , attended
4864-555: The south, and Weymouth Street on the west. Parkside borders the neighborhoods of West End. Bayside and Libbytown. Herbert Adams , a local historian, resides in and represented the district in the Maine House of Representatives . The neighborhood began following the 1866 fire, when most of Portland's waterfront and downtown were burned. Residents moved south across the peninsula and laid out Sherman Avenue and Grant Avenue (now streets), named after Civil War generals William Tecumseh Sherman and future President Ulysses S. Grant . The homes in
4940-412: The splash pad fountain and the proximity to the Old Port. The neighborhood association rents plots in the community garden located on Chestnut Street across from the Daymark condominium building that was built in 2022. Deering Center is a neighborhood that runs from Brighton Avenue to Forest Avenue to Walton Street, then past Evergreen Cemetery , near Wayside Street on Ludlow Street. Formerly known as
5016-417: The street includes the city's Arts District . The street was formerly known as both Country Road and Back Street. West of downtown Portland, the street is known colloquially as Outer Congress Street. Portland City Hall stands at 389 Congress Street, at the head of Exchange Street . When what is now Portland was founded by British colonists in the early 18th century, the population settled primarily on
5092-458: The street. Greater Portland planners also called the street the most congested artery in the region. The Second Parish Payson Memorial Church formerly stood to the right of City Hall, at Pearl Street, where the Top of the Hill parking lot is today. Greater Portland Metro 's route 1 (Congress Street), 5 ( The Maine Mall ), 7 (Falmouth Flyer), 8 (Peninsula Loop), 9A (North Deering via Stevens Avenue ), 9B (North Deering via Washington Avenue) and
5168-419: The town of Deering (named for Captain James Deering, horse farmer and early resident of Deering), which separated from Westbrook in 1871. It was incorporated into Portland as Deering Center on March 9, 1899. Deering Highlands is a residential neighborhood on a hill generally bordered by Woodford Street to the north, Stevens Avenue to the west, Deering Street to the east, and the sloping hillside of streets in
5244-691: The various events put on by the Association. As published on PBA.com: "The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the world's preeminent organization dedicated to the sport of bowling and its professional competition, with thousands of members and millions of fans throughout the world. The PBA plays host to bowling's biggest tournaments, including the PBA Tour, PBA Regional Tour and PBA50 Tour. The PBA has launched ... The PBA League Bowler Certification program. This program provides league bowlers access to statistics, digital awards, rules and regulations, and new tournaments, including The PBA LBC National Championships. Other PBA membership programs include PBA Pinsiders,
5320-406: The war, the federal government sought to sell housing developments like Sagamore and Redbank in neighboring South Portland. Initially, the city council rebuffed calls to purchase the housing development but in 1950, it reversed its position due to public pressure and purchased the housing complex. It was opened for low-income individuals. North Deering is the northernmost neighborhood of the city. It
5396-450: The waterfront near today's India Street . Congress was laid out and originally known as Back Street and later Queen Street. The first prominent structures on the street were the First Parish Meeting House , built in 1740 and replaced to the present structure in the 1820s as well as the hay scales in Market Square, later known as Monument Square . From the early settlement of Portland until the American Revolutionary War period, Back Street
5472-508: Was appointed CEO of the PBA. Bowlero announced that current PBA Commissioner Tom Clark will continue in that role. In January 2022, Colie Edison stepped down as CEO to become Chief Growth Officer for the WNBA . Beginning with the 2019 PBA Tour season, television coverage moved from ESPN to Fox Sports , with 26 broadcasts being held on Fox Sports 1 and four broadcasts on terrestrial Fox stations. CBS Sports Network continues to broadcast
5548-510: Was considered the far edge of the town. It took the name of Congress Street beginning in 1823. In 1921, the Etz Chaim Synagogue was built on the eastern end of Congress Street approaching Munjoy Hill . As of 2011, it was the only immigrant-era synagogue still functioning in Maine. A study in 2011 sought to change a number of features on the street, including decreasing the number of stoplights and ending left hand turns off of
5624-684: Was controversial U.S. senator Ralph Owen Brewster , who owned the house at 79 Highland Street. The neighborhood is almost entirely residential, but the largest institutional feature of the Highlands is Maine Medical Center 's Brighton Avenue Campus (formerly known as the Brighton Medical Center). The complex is now home of the New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland and also houses training facilities and an urgent care center. East Deering
5700-691: Was founded in 1975 with eight initial inductees: six for Performance (Ray Bluth, Don Carter , Carmen Salvino , Harry Smith , Dick Weber and Billy Welu ) and two for Meritorious Service (Frank Esposito and Chuck Pezzano). Since its inception, it was located at the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in St. Louis , Missouri . It is now part of the new USBC headquarters in Arlington, Texas . Through 2021, there are 113 PBA Hall of Fame Members in three categories: Membership in
5776-573: Was underway by 1900. It included affordable bungalow style homes named for English counties (Devon, Dorset, Essex, Kent, and Warwick). The Glenwood Baptist Church was built by the 1950s. The park will be part of a greening effort to restore its intended use as a "Learning Environment" by building new natural play scapes. A partnership between the City of Portland, the Nason's Corner Neighborhood Association, Breakwater School and Portland Trails. They broke ground on October 29, 2013, and should be completed by
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