News briefs from Portland and Maine that every West Ender needs to know about.
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
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
