City councilors who are considering a requirement for ‘workforce housing’ are told that it would lead developers to build less housing, not more.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Developer proposes 132-unit apartment building on Congress Street
Jonathan Culley of Redfern Properties says Joe’s Super Variety would continue to operate in the first floor of the proposed seven- or eight-story building.
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Portland landlord completes court-ordered fixes by deadline
A building codes inspector and an official from the Planning & Urban Development department visited the Dartmouth Street apartment this morning.
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Embattled Portland landlord ordered to fix apartment building
Gregory Nisbet is ordered to remove locks from individual rooms and make other upgrades at 188 Dartmouth St.
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Thrill-lover takes leap into unknown – live improv
Lindsey Hersey, 35, had embraced risks before, but flirting with public humiliation did not come easily.
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Portland approves long-planned ‘midtown’ project in Bayside
The Planning Board gives site plan approval to the mixed-use development, with conditions, five years after it was first proposed.
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Landmark Gorham eyesore may finally become history
The overgrown gas station will be demolished, according to a new site plan.
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Portland considers ordinance to increase affordable housing
The proposal would require developers of 10 or more units to make at least 10 percent of those units affordable to the middle class.
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Five adults charged over underage drinking party in Westbrook
Westbrook police and fire/rescue respond to a report of an intoxicated woman at a house on Burnham Street.
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Snow lovers or not, Maine drivers say it with their plates
Both SNOLUVRs and SNOH8Rs are vanity license plates you might see in Maine.