Come spring, let’s hope we’ve made real progress toward restoring the social safety net that’s currently in tatters.
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Riverside Golf Course to offer improved Nordic skiing conditions
The city and a nonprofit join forces to acquire equipment that will lead to greatly improved grooming of cross-country ski trails at the city-owned golf course.
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Portland Planning Board OKs new marijuana zoning map
The proposal, which now goes before the City Council, would allow adult-use businesses in the same zones where the city permitted medical dispensaries and their grow operations in 2010.
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Portland’s plan to track energy usage stalls over privacy concerns
CMP says regulators must change the rules for it to let large property owners access their tenants’ electricity data, but is ‘thrilled’ with the city’s plan. Others say the company isn’t acting like it.
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Activists hang banners calling for safe injection site in Maine’s largest city
Portland OPS is calling on city officials to open a facility where people can inject drugs under medical supervision, which they say reduces overdose deaths.
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Portland council seeking unity on model for new homeless shelter
Councilor Kimberly Cook decides not to ask for a council vote on replacing the city’s adult facility with a single city-run shelter while a committee considers its recommendation.
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Cluster of 4 East End developments creates traffic puzzle for Portland planners
With vehicles using the sites quadrupling, officials analyze the overall impact to try to mitigate it.
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Maine Voices: Blue skies reign over the Portland International Jetport
The jetport has built a national reputation for balancing airport development with effective environmental stewardship.
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Portland council expected to support single shelter to replace Oxford Street facility
The vote is expected Monday, after a majority at a committee meeting favor building one shelter rather than several smaller ones at various locations.
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Portland mayor eyes re-election, likely versus familiar foes on council
Incumbent Mayor Ethan Strimling files initial campaign paperwork at City Hall.