By Kip DeSerresPresident, West End Neighborhood Association In the last few months, there have been several pedestrian deaths and other dramatic examples of a lack of pedestrian safety in Po... Read more
City Briefs The West End Neighborhood Association (WENA) is fundraising to support renovation and renewal of Tyng-Tate Playground and Harbor View Memorial Park on York Street. In addition to... Read more
City News Briefs PPL Joins Dirigo Libraries and Begins Catalog Upgrade Portland, ME – Portland Public Library (PPL) announced a new partnership with the Maine State Library, the Law an... Read more
By John Johnson On January 8th, Western Cemetery was approved by Portland’s Historic Preservation Board for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Western Cemetery will j... Read more
City News Briefs Police Investigate Deadly Crash on Riverside Street – 2/23/2025 On Sunday, February 23rd, at 7:25 p.m., Portland Police responded to a deadly crash near 654 Riverside Street... Read more
By Nancy English Two projects, both still in various phases on the drawing board, could remake the blocks of West Bayside between Preble Street and Pearl, Lancaster and Cumberland, now mostl... Read more
City News Brief Regional planners seek help identifying new spots for EV charging Regional planners are asking the public to help identify additional locations for future electric vehicle ch... Read more
City News Brief With ReCode approved, City Council passes the first comprehensive rewrite of City’s land use code and zoning map in more than 50 years The City’s ReCode effort was unan... Read more
Stewards of the Western Cemetery thank the community for their support By Jonathan P. Monro Your fiscal and physical support, dear readers, has made this a breakthrough year for rehabilitati... Read more
The Urbanist Coalition of Portland (UCP) is an advocacy group with the goal of making Portland more livable for everyone. We support middle density, mixed-use neighborhoods with access to tr... Read more
