A sun-filled summer has businesses thriving again after a dreary 2009
Tom Bell
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So little demand, yet so much parking
East End merchants grumble as the city OKs a new garage while paying $64,000 to subsidize a nearby facility with empty spaces.
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Ben Chipman to run for House District 119
The district includes Portland’s Parkside, Bayside and East Bayside neighborhoods.
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Portland pier owners drop request on pleasure boat docking
They had asked for 50 more feet of space, but lobstermen opposed it.
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Council: Peaks golf cart ‘taxi’ must be licensed and insured
A teenager’s golf cart service was making it hard for a city-subsidized taxi to survive.
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Clinic to give veterans care in Portland
The veterans agency plans to open the new health facility on Fore Street early next year.
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A milestone for jetport expansion
Work is done on an access road that is expected to make it easier to use the new section of terminal.
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Fishermen see many costs in pier proposal
But Portland pier owners say fears of higher rents and evictions are unfounded.
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Pierce Atwood landlord cries foul
One Monument Square’s owners say they’ll seek a tax abatement if they can’t find a new tenant for the space.
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Rail trail funding quest stirs opposition
Rail advocates and Portland officials question a plan to turn an old bridge into a walk-bike path.