Massive hotel project stirs debate on how city enforces affordable housing policy
Members of the city’s planning board want to ensure that developers behind a massive multiphase hotel and condo project near City Hall adhere to...
Big Sky stays local after sale to new Deering Center owners
The Rank family has been buying a loaf of bread or more from Big Sky Bread Company every week for nearly 20 years.
So when...
Bayside development project awarded $30k in federal cleanup funding
A Portland developer was awarded federal funds to assess several properties in the Bayside neighborhood for environmental hazards before building several hundreds of units...
City manager finalists to visit Portland in April
Finalists for the city manager job will visit Portland as soon as April 7, according to a search committee hired to oversee the hiring...
Free college tuition program pulls Maine students back to higher ed
At some point along the way, 18-year-old nursing student Sveta Mudasigwa told herself, “I have to grow up.”
It’s never an easy task — especially...
City manager application deadline looms this week
With a Feb. 16 deadline looming, Interim City Manager Danielle West has not yet made a decision whether she will apply for the permanent...
Schools weigh large budget increase
Following early budget conversations, Portland Public Schools expect they could need as much as $15 million added to the budget for Fiscal Year 2024,...
Portland set to revive plan to redesign Franklin Arterial
After more than a decade of dormancy, Portland city officials appear set to revive a proposal to redesign the city’s most, err, divisive street.
The...
Portland Finance Committee backs $10.5M in capital improvements
The City Council’s Finance Committee unanimously supported a proposed capital improvement plan from Interim City Manager Danielle West on Feb. 9, sending it for...
City shelter ‘right on schedule’ for March opening, developer says
The city’s new 208-bed homeless services center is slated to open toward the end of March, according to the project’s developer.
Kevin Bunker, a principal...