PORTLAND — The city is streamlining its annual tax billing process to create greater efficiency and lower overall costs. Beginning with this year, residents will receive a single annual tax bill with two payment coupons. According to a release from the city, “in previous years the City incurred significant additional staff, supplies, and postage cost […]
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City releases water resources survey
PORTLAND — The city’s Water Resources Division and the Portland Water District are collecting public feedback to better understand the needs and priorities pertaining to water resources. Portland’s Water Resources Division provides wastewater collection and stormwater management, while the Portland Water District provides safe drinking water, and wastewater collection and treatment. The Water Resources Division […]
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Portland Police Beat: Sept. 11
9/2 at 12:32 a.m. Thomas G. McDonough, 21, of Portland, was arrested on Commercial Street by Officer Jason Nadeau on charges of criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. 9/2 at 12:10 p.m. Carissa S. Wright, 24, of Portland, was arrested on Cedar Street by Officer William Stratis on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. […]
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Here’s why Bernie Sanders was disinvited to speak in Portland on Monday
The Democratic presidential candidate declined to attend the Southern Maine Labor Council’s Labor Day breakfast after being told that national union rules prohibited him from speaking.
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Affordable housing projects get financial boost from city
The City Council awards $1 million for projects on Boyd, Middle and State streets.
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Bill Nemitz: Ranked-choice voting in Maine just got a lot more complicated
The looming presidential primary will add new layers of intrigue – and maybe a lawsuit or two – to the state’s first-of-its-kind election process.
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Bill Nemitz: Oh, to swim in Maine’s ocean once again … sharks and all
It’s no fun frolicking in the waves with the ‘Jaws’ theme playing in your head.
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Conservative group pushing Mills to veto bill for ranked-choice primary
The Maine Heritage Policy Center sends the governor a letter making its case against legislation to extend the state’s ranked-choice voting system to the presidential primary in March.
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Lawmakers pass transportation bonds but reject other borrowing backed by Mills
Republicans follow through on their vow to support bonds for transportation infrastructure while opposing borrowing to finance land conservation, broadband and environmental initiatives.
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Bill Nemitz: The good news: A mass shooting didn’t happen in Maine last week
How can we head off the threat of a mass shooting? Police in Maine, alerted by a woman in New York, just did.