While an initiative to expand ranked-choice voting failed to get enough signatures, the proposal for a municipal clean elections program is deemed too big a change to be made by referendum.
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Posted inLocal & State
Fans of Fort Gorges cast votes for preservation, not commercialization
A developer wants to build a restaurant, a brewpub and a bed-and-breakfast at Portland’s historic island park. A vote taken at a meeting Wednesday night shows the plan isn’t popular.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It’s time to decide what kind of park we want Fort Gorges to be
Rather than commercializing it, let’s preserve the fortification’s unique beauty and the island’s raw and rugged character.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Buttigieg brings message of hope to supporters at campaign event in Portland
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg lashes out at President Trump, telling a packed house that the darkness emanating from the White House is dividing the nation.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Portland school board approves solar energy project
A student-driven effort to counteract climate change led the board to approve a resolution directing the superintendent to enter into a power purchase agreement with an offsite solar project.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland mourns city worker as it investigates how he was killed on the job
Martin Dinh, 46, was finishing his shift emptying trash barrels Sunday when he got out of his trash truck and the vehicle somehow struck and killed him.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Developer sues Portland over ‘catastrophic’ failure of Midtown project
The Federated Cos., which first proposed its $85 million, multi-use development in 2011, claims the city has defaulted on its contractual obligations and the damages are ‘in the eight figures.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Portland condo developer must buy ‘air rights’ to complete project
In an uncommon arrangement, the developer of upscale condos on Franklin Street must purchase rights from the city to build bay windows that overhang a public right of way.
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Portland grants Cushing Island group first waiver from new pesticide ban
Seasonal residents of the private island in Casco Bay had requested permission to selectively use the chemical Roundup to try to control invasive plants.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
City staff proposes capping Portland’s retail pot licenses at 20
Staffers say the limit is needed to protect the market and Portland’s economy, but some city councilors question the cap and the first-come, first-served method of awarding licenses.