Students in communities around Maine and the nation are commuting to school by bike again, some in large caravans with parents coming along for the ride.
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Study finds Portland’s historic districts don’t push up housing costs or displace people
The city’s 12 historic districts also have become more racially diverse at a similar rate to the rest of the city, according to the new report.
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Posted inElection 2023, Local & State, Politics
Portland clean elections candidates have raised far more cash than traditional campaigns
The mayoral candidates using the new program, Justin Costa and Andrew Zarro, have gathered nearly twice as much money as the closest candidate not using the program.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Local & State
Portland’s Historic Preservation Board unlikely to back plan to raze former children’s museum
Ultimately, the City Council will decide whether to remove a historic designation that protects the building from being demolished as part of the Portland Museum of Art’s expansion plan.
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State announces plan to sweep Portland’s Marginal Way homeless encampment
Dozens of tents at the site, which occupies about half of the state’s Marginal Way park-and-ride lot, will be cleared on Nov. 1.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
People and Business: Oct. 4
Hires, promotions, appointments Baker Newman Noyes has combined its business and technology, health care, tax and assurance advisory practices into one combined advisory practice and appointed Ilona Davis, current principal of the the business and technology advisory practice, to lead it. Davis joined the firm in 2012 and founded the business and technology advisory group. […]
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Portland mayoral hopefuls debate homelessness, climate change
Much of the debate between Pious Ali, Justin Costa, Mark Dion, Dylan Pugh and Andrew Zarro focused on the homeless encampments that the city has struggled to manage.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland Meetings: Oct. 4-11
Wed. 10/4 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Zoom Wed. 10/4 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Zoom, City Hall Thu. 10/5 5 p.m. Parks Commission Zoom Thu. 10/5 6 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals Zoom Tue. 10/10 4 p.m. Legislative/Nominating Interviews Zoom Tue. 10/10 4:30 p.m. Planning Board Zoom, City Hall Tue. 10/10 5:30 p.m. Housing/Economic Dev. Zoom […]
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Portland City Council votes against expanding capacity at Homeless Services Center
The council also voted to deprioritize prosecuting individuals who use psychedelic plants and fungi.
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Snyder uses final State of the City address to focus on homelessness, importance of voting
The mayor also revealed that in-person voting will begin Tuesday, sooner than anticipated before the Nov. 7 election.