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PublishedMarch 9, 2023
Maine Voices: Speak up early and often about 800-unit Bayside development
There are a lot of justifiable concerns about the proposal; Tuesday’s Planning Board meeting is a good place to air them.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
Freeport board puts off vote on controversial apartment project
With a mostly favorable opinion of the overall project proposed for Main Street, the Project Review Board requests some exterior and landscaping changes and the developer says those changes will be addressed.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2023
Maine Voices: South Portland’s shipyard waterfront should be vividly reimagined
The towers and parking lots of the proposed Yard South development do not belong next to Bug Light. What does? The sky’s the limit.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2023
Commentary: Maine’s housing crisis requires urgent action, and we’re ready to get to work
The Joint Select Committee on Housing has a three-pronged mission: helping people without homes; preserving and producing more housing, and improving land use and development processes.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
Maine Voices: In housing as elsewhere, central planning is no substitute for local control
The density-focused zoning legislation passed last year offered an unsettling preview of the direction we’re headed in.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Maine Voices: Soaring tower development all wrong for South Portland
It defies reason that our city would consider corrupting its shipyard zoning to allow 180-foot residential towers near our harbor shore.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2022
Maine Voices: Roux campus risks being a Trojan horse for development
Northeastern University’s Roux Institute needs a permanent home in Portland. Does it need an adjacent hotel, stores, bars and restaurants? I’d argue no.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2022
Brunswick residents wary of Bowdoin College’s proposed athletics field upgrades
The Brunswick Planning Board approved Bowdoin College's sketch plan for significant upgrades to its Pickard Field athletic complex Tuesday night, but neighbors pushed back with concerns about light, noise and chemical pollution.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
New use considered for historic Portland office high-rise
The People's United Bank Building, overlooking Monument Square, might offer residential units under the owners' new plan.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2022
Maine Voices: Stop shutting new residents out of our state
Life in Maine is a blessing, but it’s not a privilege to be granted by those who grasp a vision of the past that never was.
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