A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on April 13 in the city’s first publicly owned green space.
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Maine Flower Show organizers ‘ecstatic’ over turnout
More than 16,000 people attend the event at Thompson’s Point in spite of Saturday’s snowstorm.
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Southern Maine Transit Tracker seeking feedback on its tracking system
Riders are being asked to evaluate the company’s public bus system. The ferry system is scheduled to start this summer.
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Big-city designer chooses Maine for sustainable fashion production
Kim Ortengren opens a very modern factory for independent designers.
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Amid nationwide vacancies, Westbrook police offering $14,000 hiring bonus
The city is offering the benefit to officers with at least five years’ experience.
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Heavy, wet snow blankets southern Maine
The spring snowstorm drops 12.7 inches in Gray and Bridgton and 10.8 in Portland.
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Munjoy Hill kitchen fire displaces 3 people
Everyone gets out of the 9-unit building safely, but the tenants of the apartment where the fire started won’t be able to return for a few days.
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Stiff competition among Maine’s craft brewers leaves some with no place at the bar
A regional beer summit at USM will address issues that the maturing industry faces, such as the economics of competition.
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Portland landlords upset by layoff of housing safety official, changes to inspections unit
City Manager Jon Jennings says consolidation of the office, created after a deadly 2014 fire and funded by landlords, is about improving efficiency.
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Portland’s new rules limit short-term rentals, add fees for hosts
The ordinance to take effect Jan. 1 caps the number of short-term units in non-owner-occupied buildings at 300 and requires hosts to pay registration fees.