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Portland City Council

Published
March 27, 2023

Portland city manager updates council on plans to use Expo as shelter for asylum seekers

And the City Council is considering changes to the citizen-initiated referendum process that could increase the threshold to get items on the ballot.
Published
March 24, 2023

City plans to reopen Portland Expo as temporary shelter for asylum seekers

Staff plan to open the Expo as a temporary shelter as soon as April 10 and operate it until a private effort to open a new shelter on Blueberry Road is complete.
Published
March 22, 2023

New homeless services center opens, expanding shelter capacity in Portland

The 208-bed Homeless Services Center in Riverton will replace the city's Oxford Street Shelter and comes as the city is seeing crisis levels of homelessness.
Published
March 13, 2023

Maine Voices: Keep your eyes on Munjoy South – it faces a real threat

This complex and its 140 affordable units are too important to allow the termination or aggressive reinterpretation of the covenants that enable a wide range of people to live there.
Published
March 8, 2023

Portland City Council approves sale of Thames Street lot despite price, housing concerns

Plans filed with the city call for the development of an office building to be occupied by Wex Inc. at the site, which is located adjacent to Wex headquarters at 1 Hancock St.

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Published
February 27, 2023

Influx of asylum seekers pushing Portland to brink of its ability to serve those in need

Roughly 80 people have been arriving per week since Jan. 1, putting the city in a dire situation and in need of more help, officials say.
Published
February 2, 2023

Black Portland councilors criticize city and police statement on Tyre Nichols

Councilors Victoria Pelletier and Regina Phillips said they were disappointed that Black members of the City Council weren't consulted on the statement issued by the mayor, interim city manager and interim police chief.
Published
February 1, 2023

Portland fires contractor, hires new firm to study historic districts

The city says that PlaceEconomics' draft report was missing information, but the company counters that the city was difficult to work with and was unhappy that its report was not more critical of historic preservation.
Published
January 18, 2023

Portland Council renews liquor license for Pat’s Pizza despite police concerns

The hearing was only the second time since 2014 that the police department has recommended not renewing a liquor license.
Published
January 12, 2023

Portland plans to start advertising for city manager job next week

The top job at City Hall has been vacant for more than a year, in large part due to a proposal that would have significantly changed the duties of the city manager and mayor.