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 […]

PORTLAND — A $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will enable the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office to provide services, including counseling, monitoring, and support to find work and housing, to jail inmates as they return to the community. The “Project Reentry” program will begin accepting new clients in the new round of a program established […]

PORTLAND — A 31-year-old man stabbed in the parking lot of a Brighton Avenue restaurant two years ago was killed in self-defense, police announced Wednesday. Anthony Best died May 20, 2016, at Maine Medical Center after being stabbed in an April 28, 2016, fight outside Denny’s at 1220 Brighton Ave. Police Lt. Robert Martin said in […]

PORTLAND — After more than a year of study, a task force is recommending renaming the Bayside Trail in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The task force will report on its recommendation Wednesday, May 16, to the City Council Sustainability & Transportation Committee, led by Councilor Spencer Thibodeau. The meeting begins at […]

PORTLAND — After more than a year of study, a task force is recommending renaming the Bayside Trail in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The task force will report on its recommendation Wednesday, May 16, to the City Council Sustainability & Transportation Committee, led by Councilor Spencer Thibodeau. The meeting begins at […]

PORTLAND — The associated effects of development could soon cost developers money as city staff moves toward creating a schedule of impact fees. “We think it is a more transparent and fair way of doing business,” city Planning Director Jeff Levine said May 11 about impact fees he expects to be enacted by the end of […]

PORTLAND — The associated effects of development could soon cost developers money as city staff moves toward creating a schedule of impact fees. “We think it is a more transparent and fair way of doing business,” city Planning Director Jeff Levine said May 11 about impact fees he expects to be enacted by the end of […]

PORTLAND — Voters will decide June 12 on a $110 million school budget after the City Council on Monday reduced the fiscal year 2019 spending request. In a nearly four-hour meeting, councilors by a 7-2 vote agreed to reduce the budget submitted by the School Board by $1.12 million. Mayor Ethan Strimling and Councilor Pious Ali […]

PORTLAND — Voters will decide June 12 on a $110 million school budget after the City Council on Monday reduced the fiscal year 2019 spending request. In a nearly four-hour meeting, councilors by a 7-2 vote agreed to reduce the budget submitted by the School Board by $1.12 million. Mayor Ethan Strimling and Councilor Pious Ali […]

PORTLAND — Voters will decide June 12 on a $110 million school budget after the City Council on Monday reduced the fiscal year 2019 spending request. In a nearly four-hour meeting, councilors by a 7-2 vote agreed to reduce the budget submitted by the School Board by $1.12 million. Mayor Ethan Strimling and Councilor Pious Ali […]