PORTLAND — Leaders of a community group opposed to giving tax breaks to a proposed India Street housing development have resigned themselves to the likely approval of a Tax Increment Financing district for the project. They said they will not speak in opposition to the proposal at the City Council’s next meeting. “I think we […]

PORTLAND — A study group assigned to look at options to reinvigorate Congress Square has not reached a consensus on a plan to sell some of the plaza to the Eastland Hotel, and hopes to find one at a meeting Wednesday evening. The comes just a week before the Congress Square Redesign Study Group is […]

PORTLAND — Like a modern-day troubadour, Dotan Negrin rolled into Portland last Thursday afternoon with his dog and an upright piano dominating the back of his van, and a plan to perform on the streets for a day or two. The New York-raised musician has criss-crossed the country three times with his piano, paying for […]

PORTLAND — About a year ago, Rob Parritt began keeping a three-ring binder in his office at the Oxford Street Shelter to hold the growing stack of doctors’ notes asking the homeless shelter to provide special accommodations for clients with medical issues. The binder covers now strain to contain the 3 inches of papers that […]

PORTLAND — The start of the academic year is still about a month away, but 14 high-school students already have finished a class assignment at Waynflete School. The students – from Waynflete and other schools in New England and Canada – last week completed Waynflete’s Sustainable Ocean Studies program, a month-long “field trip” on the […]