PORTLAND — Congress Street will be closed to vehicles from 5-8 p.m. Friday from Elm to State streets for the holiday celebration of First Friday Art Walk. Creative Portland and Portland’s Downtown District announced the closure in a press release Thursday, adding parking will not be allowed in the same stretch of Congress Street from […]

PORTLAND — The effort to turn House Island into a city historic preservation district is headed to the City Council after receiving a unanimous Planning Board recommendation on Nov. 25. If City Councilors approve, the privately owned Casco Bay island of about 24 acres would become a district where development would be subject to oversight […]

PORTLAND — Resurfacing of the Deering Oaks pond floor has moved out of a City Council committee after plans to add vegetation in a ravine area were added to the proposal. A compromise proposed by the city Public Services Department and engineers Woodard & Curran received a favorable recommendation Nov. 19 from the Transportation Sustainability […]

PORTLAND — It took longer to welcome new councilors and thank departing ones Monday afternoon than it did for the City Council to work through its agenda after inauguration ceremonies. District 4 Councilor Justin Costa and District 5 Councilor David Brenerman were sworn in after winning their three-year terms on Nov. 4. Neither is a […]

PORTLAND — The newest members of the School Board were sworn in Monday afternoon. Stephanie Hatzenbuehler, who won the open seat in District 4; John Eder, who won the open at-large seat, and re-elected board member Marnie Morrione, from District 5, were inaugurated in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. All three will serve for […]