News briefs from Portland and Maine that every West Ender needs to know about.
According to a new report recently issued by the Research and Statistics Unit of the Bureau of Labor Standards, 19 Maine workers died from occupational or work-related injuries in 2013. That... Read more
The City offers numerous cross-country skiing, ice skating, sledding, snowshoeing and snowboarding opportunities. Grooming operations at Riverside Golf Course have been completed and seven k... Read more
The Congress Square Redesign Study Group met on Thursday, January 8th, in a joint meeting with the Land Bank and Parks Commissions. Both Commissions voted unanimously to recommend the City m... Read more
Chipotle and Dunkin’ Donuts will anchor a new shopping plaza on Marginal Way in the Bayside neighborhood. Construction is slated to start in May. The location is familiar to most as the form... Read more
After the deadly fire on Noyes Street in November, the City Manager set up a task force to review fire and code inspections and enforcement. On Monday, January 5th, the task force entered it... Read more
Violations on “Powered Industrial Trucks” are of the most frequently cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Now, Maine employers can help reduce fines and... Read more
Local residents will see a new orange truck hit the streets this January, as We Compost It! rolls out a new food scrap collection vehicle to boost organics recycling. We Compost It! will als... Read more
For five years the Maine Artist Collective ran Constellation Gallery out of 511 Congress Street in the heart of the Arts District. In a letter to members, founder of the collective David Mar... Read more
On December 19th, 2014, 23 year-old Abdirahman Haji-Hassan was arrested in Minneapolis by the local U.S Marshals Violent Crimes Task Force. Haji-Hassan was charged with Fugitive from Justice... Read more
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
