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Cornell Wesley will start as Prosper Portland’s new executive director in August. The economic development agency’s ...

Prosper Portland has selected a new executive director following the resignation of Shea Flaherty Betin, who stepped down ...

Linda Robinson loves children, and Wesley Family Services’ Foster Grandparent Program provides her with the chance to work ...

Linda Robinson loves children, and Wesley Family Services’ Foster Grandparent Program provides her with the chance to work with them. “Working with children is incredibly rewarding because of ...

Cornell Wesley, Birmingham's economic development chief, set to lead Prosper Portland. Board to vote on his appointment July 9 for Aug. 4 start.

The bodies of Dawn Thorson and her husband, Wesley, were discovered at their rural farm home north of Cornell on Saturday. Officials have called the deaths a murder-suicide.

Prosper Portland has tapped a high-ranking economic development official from Birmingham, Alabama, to become its new executive director.

Cornell Wesley confirmed he had accepted the job in Portland, where his wife was born and raised.

Cornell anticipates employment, programming cuts in response to funding challenges brought on by the loss of millions in federal contracts.

The two outside applicants — Cornell Wesley, director of the Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity for Birmingham, Alabama, and Eric Johnson, the city manager of Norcross, Georgia ...