Nyalat Biliew, Stacey Hang and Yusuf Yusuf have all set their sights on an at-large Portland school board seat being vacated by Mark Balfantz.
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Award system delays pot store licensing in Portland
The Portland City Council continues to grapple with the process as it considers revising or eliminating the licensing system it has in place.
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Veteran honored for service to club, community, country
Bob Trail of Cape Elizabeth has been named a Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary’s top honor, by the Portland club.
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Former Portland students square off for school board seat
Anthony Emerson and Jeffrey Irish are looking to replace outgoing school board member Marnie Morrione as District 5 representative.
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Portland Meetings: Sept. 30-Oct. 7
Visit portlandmaine.gov for Zoom information. To watch municipal meetings online, go to townhallstreams.com/towns/portland_maine. Thur. 10/1 5 p.m. Parks Commission Zoom Thur. 10/1 6:30 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals Zoom Mon. 10/5 4:30 p.m. City Council Workshop Zoom Mon. 10/5 5:30 p.m. City Council Meeting Zoom Tues. 10/6 5:30 p.m. Economic Development Committee Wed. 10/7 3:30 […]
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Portland’s new racial equity panel gets to work on policy review
The Racial Equity Steering Committee begins an examination of public safety, community partnerships and other policies that disproportionately affect people of color in Maine’s largest city.
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Land use code rewrite ready for Portland council review
PORTLAND — The City Council will hold a workshop Monday, Oct. 5, on the first phase of Recode, the city’s effort to rewrite its land use code. The council will consider all 22 articles of the revised Land Use Code, which was unanimously recommended by the Planning Board July 28. This is the first time […]
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What’s that structure going up next to Back Cove?
It’s not a hotel or condominium. It’s a temporary part of a project that will reduce the amount of raw sewage and polluted stormwater runoff being discharged into the cove.
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Where’s the beef? Right here in Portland
Beef sandwiches inspired by classics in other American cities are filling a niche in Portland’s food scene.
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Members of Black Lives Matter Maine protest in Portland
More than 200 people demanding justice for Breonna Taylor demonstrate outside the police station.