PORTLAND — Cumberland County towns and cities are assessing the costs and value of collaboration as they face a 60 percent dues increase from the Greater Portland Council of Governments. In fiscal year 2019, each town will be assessed $1.60 per resident to be part of the agency, up from $1. The dues are calculated on […]

PORTLAND — Two new initiatives designed to provide vocational opportunities in the building trades are being offered by city-based organizations. The goal of both programs, according to Jason Shedlock, executive director of the Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council, is to “train the next generation of skilled craftsmen and women who are going to build […]

PORTLAND — Two new initiatives designed to provide vocational opportunities in the building trades are being offered by city-based organizations. The goal of both programs, according to Jason Shedlock, executive director of the Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council, is to “train the next generation of skilled craftsmen and women who are going to build […]

PORTLAND — Thanks to a recent donation, students at Bayside Learning Community on Portland Street can stretch their ingenuity and inventiveness by building and rebuilding play structures that tap the power of their imaginations. The Imagination Playground equipment – a collection of oversized, blue foam parts – is the brainchild of architect David Rockwell, who wanted to “encourage […]

PORTLAND — Thanks to a recent donation, students at Bayside Learning Community on Portland Street can stretch their ingenuity and inventiveness by building and rebuilding play structures that tap the power of their imaginations. The Imagination Playground equipment – a collection of oversized, blue foam parts – is the brainchild of architect David Rockwell, who wanted to “encourage […]

PORTLAND — Residents will vote on a $110.6 million fiscal year 2019 school budget when they go to the polls June 12. The budget represents an increase in spending of about $4.8 million, or 4.6 percent, and would increase property taxes, just on the school side, by 53 cents per $1,000 of valuation. Although overall […]

PORTLAND — Residents will vote on a $110.6 million fiscal year 2019 school budget when they go to the polls June 12. The budget represents an increase in spending of about $4.8 million, or 4.6 percent, and would increase property taxes, just on the school side, by 53 cents per $1,000 of valuation. Although overall […]

PORTLAND — As he pulled dandelions from his yard on May 17, Chris Coose shared some thoughts about redevelopment on Munjoy Hill. “They ought to save the buildings with bones,” he said. Saving those buildings and ensuring new ones are in character with the neighborhood form the core of new zoning regulations that received a first reading […]