Collateral damage to vehicles and property during storm cleanup costs cities thousands of dollars.

Keep Portland Livable files a lawsuit over city approval of four towers in Bayside.

The lawsuit mirrors a Massachusetts case now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The grant that helps to fund the Health Care for Homeless budget expires at the end of April.

The group claims city officials failed to uphold rules and standards in approving the midtown development.

In a ruling that could forestall similar efforts around the U.S., a judge rules the city ordinance violates free-speech rights and is unconstitutional.

The Planning Board wants more time to consider the more ambitious proposal’s impact on traffic.

Council committees will take up a plan to lease a Canco Road building, and a nonprofit likes the site that city workers would vacate.

At meetings this week, neighbors also are likely to discuss the building’s size and the benefits for businesses and residents.