Across Maine, I keep hearing the same line: “We just need to grow our way out of it.” More housing. More valuation. More development. More revenue. That thinking is exactly what got many towns into the position they’re in now. Lisbon is feeling it, but it won’t be the last community. Service costs are rising, […]
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
With friends like these, Riverton doesn’t need enemies | Opinion
The group of locals opposing the construction of Belfort Landing, a 50-unit housing project, have taken a narrow view of community in a neighborhood where it used to flourish.
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Posted inLetters
South Portland’s questionable definition of ‘workforce housing’ | Letter
At a recent South Portland City Council meeting, a private developer presented a project he called “workforce/market-rate housing.” During public comment, a resident called this description an “oxymoron.” However, this seeming contradiction in terms exists in how both Portland and South Portland define “workforce housing.” In a recent op-ed, Kate Keefer highlights the disconnect and […]
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Make the former Portland Renys a grocery store | Letter
The store’s closure has left a yawning, damaging gap downtown.
Posted inLetters
Essential to understand Portland’s history in full | Letter
Historically, Portland’s harbor was a bustling international port, linking the city to the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Coast. Maine entered the union as a free state, but merchant vessels and consumer demand connected us to a global economy built on enslaved African labor. Yet the same winds that carried this cruel commerce also […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Portland Foreside developers want to build a cogeneration plant. What is it and how would it work?
The plant would be built next to the densely populated Munjoy Hill neighborhood, raising concerns about emissions, exhaust stacks and other environmental impacts.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine’s proposed data center moratorium could scuttle project at Jay mill
A developer hopes to transform part of the former Androscoggin Mill into a data center, but pending state legislation threatens that plan.
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UMaine’s hockey season ends with shutout loss to Boston College
The Eagles keep their season alive by defeating the Black Bears in a Hockey East quarterfinal.
Posted inMaine Mariners, Sports
Maine Mariners’ winning streak ends at 11
The Mariners fall behind early and can’t dig their way out as they lose for the first time in more than a month.
Posted inMaine, News
Suspects on loose following car theft, burglaries at cannabis, gun shops in Androscoggin County
The two suspects were spotted in a Ford F-150 Lightning that was stolen in Auburn and later recovered in Westbrook, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said.