News briefs from Portland and Maine that every West Ender needs to know about.
A City task force has opened its meetings to at-large landlord representatives and a tenants’ rights advocate. A group has formed to give tenants a voice in the process. After the mult... Read more
In late December, the regional National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dismissed unfair labor practice charges that unions filed against FairPoint. Union leaders quickly announced that they wi... Read more
Portland Trails, a nonprofit urban land trust that maintains a free 70-mile trail network, was awarded $100K over three years by the Old Bug Light Foundation, a family foundation based in Po... Read more
On Sunday, December 28th, at about 4:45 a.m., Portland police officers were dispatched to the area of Birchvale Drive after an area resident reported hearing gunshots. Patrol officers search... Read more
This fall, the City of Portland and its partners launched an open space planning process. With help from Portland Trails and The Trust for Public Land, the City is engaging residents in deve... Read more
Susan Reilly, 64, was killed in a three vehicle collision on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Charlton, Massachusetts on December 23rd. Mrs. Reilly and her husband Tony, who was seriously injur... Read more
Portland Council’s Transportation Committee Requests Draft Ordinance to Regulate Uber Members of the Portland City Council’s Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee held its fina... Read more
On December 11th, the Finance Committee of the City Council held a public hearing on raising the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour. At the hearing, businesses and lobbyists opposed the raise, w... Read more
On December 16th, local nonprofit Green Initiatives Education Fund held a press conference with Food and Water Watch to call on Mainers to oppose a bill that has been called the “Denying Ame... Read more
Construction Crew Brings Potential Bomb to the Police On the afternoon of December 11th, a local construction crew found what appeared to be a bomb on the job. They brought the suspicious it... Read more
