The nonprofit Center for Regional Prosperity is collaborating with developers to convert a Blueberry Road site into a 280-bed facility.
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Old Port bar and restaurant Bull Feeneys’ to close Sunday
The popular Irish pub opened in 2002.
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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.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State, News
With an outpouring of branches, Maine breweries are tapping new markets
Battery Steele Brewing and Brickyard Hollow Brewing Co. are the latest beer makers to add new restaurants or taprooms.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
People and Business: March 22
Hires, promotions, appointments Kristen McAuley is now the senior program associate at the John T. Gorman Foundation in Portland. She has experience in public health roles, including serving as director of public health planning for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, director of prevention at the MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence, and as […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland Meetings: March 22-29
Wed. 3/22 5 p.m. Sustainability/Transportation Committee Zoom Wed. 3/22 5 p.m. Rent Board Zoom Wed. 3/22 6:15 p.m. Peaks Island Council Zoom, Island Comm. Center Fri. 3/24 8 a.m. Legislative/Nominating Committee Zoom Mon. 3/27 4 p.m. Special City Council Zoom, Council Chambers Mon. 3/27 5 p.m. Clean Elections Workshop Zoom, Council Chambers Mon. 3/27 6 […]
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Portland City Council sends to voters a citizen-initiated proposal to eliminate a rent cap
The council rejected a proposal from two councilors who sought to add a competing measure to the ballot offering alternative changes to the city’s rent control ordinance.
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Concert review: Portland symphony pays tribute to legacy of Louis Armstrong
The program evoked an era of music that revolved around the jazz legend.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Police suspect recent Portland burglaries linked to similar cases across Northeast
A group of out-of-state travelers may be behind two Portland burglaries last week, along with ‘many more’ similar cases in New England and New York, police said.
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Letter: Rent control is violation of Fifth Amendment
One result of the American Revolution was the strengthening of personal property rights. The Fifth Amendment of our Constitution outlines and defines this belief. It sets limits concerning government intrusion. The government’s use of eminent domain has come to be known as taking and our government’s taking has manifested in two forms: one, a land […]