The city hopes to increase its affordable-housing stock by requiring developers to build low-income housing or pay a $3,806 fee per hotel unit.
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Portland council decides to slow down Franklin Street project
Councilors direct the city staff to look for less costly ways to improve the interchange with Interstate 295 than the $5.4 million plan proposed by the state Department of Transportation.
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The Wrap: Winter renovations underway; praise for Cellardoor; delivery business put on ice
A roundup of local food and restaurant news.
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Portland selects firm for first property revaluation in 13 years
Tyler Technologies CLT Appraisal Services will begin reassessing the city’s more than 24,000 parcels next month.
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Judge considers case for religious privilege in Windham man’s upcoming murder trial
Noah Gaston is charged in the shooting death of his wife, and the defense wants to block testimony by two church leaders who spoke with him that day.
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Portland plans national search to replace Michael Sauschuck as police chief
City Manager Jon Jennings says he hopes to have a candidate selected by late spring or early summer.
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Oxford Street Shelter took in 257 homeless people on Monday night
The bitter cold prompted the surge in demand at the shelter, which had its busiest night in nearly five years.
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Maine home sales and prices hit record highs in ‘total frenzy’ of 2018
More homes changed hands, and at a higher median price, than in any year since Realtors began tracking the data 20 years ago.
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UMaine Law School dean takes new job in Pennsylvania
Danielle Conway, who joined UMaine in 2015, has been named dean at Penn State’s Dickinson Law school.
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Mainers cope with bitter cold, ‘dangerous wind chills’
The National Weather Service warns that strong northwest winds could produce dangerous wind chills.